Horst Trebes

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Allegiance Nazi Germany Rank Major Service/branch Luftwaffe		Name Horst Trebes Years of service 1936–44

Born 22 October 1916Cologne, Germany ( 1916-10-22 ) Unit Fallschirmjager-Regiment 6 Battles/wars World War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of Crete Died July 29, 1944, Saint-Denis-le-Gast, France Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Battle of Crete, World War II

Horst Trebes (22 October 1916 – 29 July 1944) was a Hauptmann in the Fallschirmjäger of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Trebes participated in the Massacre of Kondomari.

Awards

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class (13 October 1939)

1st Class (23 May 1940)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 July 1941 as Oberleutnant and leader of the III./Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment

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