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Joachim Borrmann

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Name
  
Joachim Borrmann

Rank
  
Major

Years of service
  
1933–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Commands held
  
III./Grenadier-Regiment 427

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

Died
  
October 2, 2003, Hanau, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Joachim Borrmann (28 July 1914 – 2 October 2003) was a highly decorated Major 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. Joachim Borrman was captured by British troops in Norway in 1945.

Awards and decorations

  • Sudetenland Medal
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (21 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (15 August 1941)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (23 August 1942)
  • Eastern Front Medal (8 August 1942)
  • Infantry Assault Badge (3 November 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 13 October 1943 as Hauptmann and commander of III./Grenadier-Regiment 427

    • References

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