Years of service 1934–45
1956–73 Service/branch German Army | Name Hermann Haderecker | |
Allegiance Nazi Germany (to 1945)
West Germany Rank Oberstleutnant (Wehrmacht)
Oberst (Bundeswehr) Commands held Grenadier-Regiment 20 (motorisiert) Battles/wars World War II
Annexation of the Sudetenland
Invasion of Poland
Siege of Warsaw (1939)
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Kiev (1941)
Battle of Moscow
Battle of Kursk
First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive
Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944)
Prague Offensive Died August 5, 2001, Regensburg, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Siege of Warsaw |
Hermann Haderecker (27 April 1915 – 5 August 2001) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberst in the Bundeswehr. 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 Haderecker was captured by Soviet troops in 1945 and was held until 1955. He joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired in 1973.
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