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Hugo Laubereau

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Years of service
  
1924–45 1955–62

Name
  
Hugo Laubereau

Service/branch
  
German Army

Commands held
  
Grenadier-Regiment 61

Died
  
1997, Regensburg, Germany

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Oberst (Wehrmacht) Oberst im Generalstab (Bundeswehr)

Battles/wars
  
World War II Annexation of Austria Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Battle of Kursk

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Anschluss, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Hugo Laubereau (20 January 1904 – 18 November 1997) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberst im Generalstab 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.

Awards and decorations

  • Anschluss Medal
  • Sudetenland Medal
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (2 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (22 May 1940)
  • Infantry Assault Badge
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (22 May 1940)
  • in Silver (17 October 1943)
  • in Gold (22 February 1944)
  • Honour Roll Clasp of the Army
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 November 1943 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 61

    • References

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