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Hermann Ernst Bolm

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Name
  
Hermann-Ernst Bolm

Years of service
  
1938–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Rank
  
Hauptmann of the Reserves

Commands held
  
II./Grenadier-Regiment 434

Battles/wars
  
World War II Invasion of Poland Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Moscow

Died
  
October 20, 1944, Nesterov, Russia

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Operation Barbarossa

Hermann-Ernst Bolm (28 February 1919 – 20 October 1944) was a highly decorated Hauptmann of the Reserves 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-Ernst Bolm died on 20 October 1944 in Ebenrode, East Prussia.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (25 November 1941)
  • 1st Class (8 January 1942)
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • German Cross in Gold (10 February 1944)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 April 1944 as Hauptmann of the Reserves and commander of II./Grenadier-Regiment 434
  • Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 4 April 1944

    • References

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