Allegiance Nazi Germany Rank Unteroffizier Service/branch German Army | Years of service 1940–45 Name Josef Beckmann | |
Born 4 May 1920
Gelsenkirchen ( 1920-05-04 ) Unit Grenadier-Regiment 39 / 26. Infanterie-Division Battles/wars World War II
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Bialystok–Minsk
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
Battle of Moscow
Battles of Rzhev
Battle of the Caucasus
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Smolensk (1943)
Lublin–Brest Offensive Died December 6, 2001, Breidenbach, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Operation Barbarossa | ||
Josef Beckmann (4 May 1920 – 6 December 2001) was a highly decorated Leutnant 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. Josef Beckmann was captured by Soviet troops in July 1944 during the Lublin–Brest Offensive and was released in 1949.
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