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Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Oberst

Name
  
Johannes Arndt

Years of service
  
1924–44

Commands held
  
Grenadier-Regiment 391

Died
  
13 May 1944(1944-05-13) (aged 37) Molidesno, Russia

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Johannes Bruno Arndt (7 October 1906 – 13 May 1944) was a highly decorated Oberst 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. Johannes Arndt was killed on 13 May 1944 in Molidesno.

Awards and decorations

  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 3rd and 4th Class (2 October 1936)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (18 May 1940)
  • 1st Class (3 August 1941)
  • Wound Badge
  • in Black
  • Infantry Assault Badge
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Crimea Shield
  • German Cross in Gold on 2 February 1942 as Hauptmann in the I./Infanterie-Regiment 16
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 February 1944 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 391
  • Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 15 June 1942

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    Johannes Arndt Wikipedia
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