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Hermann Barnbeck

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Years of service
  
1913–44

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Hermann Barnbeck

Rank
  
Oberst

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Stalingrad Italian Campaign

Died
  
October 25, 1944, Minden, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France

Hermann Barnbeck (7 October 1894 – 25 October 1944) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Hermann Barnbeck died in hospital on 25 October 1944.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Wound Badge (1914)
  • in Black
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Silver
  • Infantry Assault Badge
  • Honour Roll Clasp of the Army
  • German Cross in Gold on 2 January 1942 as Major in the III./Infanterie-Regiment 194
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 October 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 211

    • References

    Hermann Barnbeck Wikipedia
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