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Kārlis Aperāts

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Years of service
  
1939–44

Service/branch
  
Waffen-SS

Rank
  
Standartenführer

Battles and wars
  
World War I, World War II

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Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Died
  
16 July 1944, Soviet Union

Award
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Unit
  
15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian)

Kārlis Aperāts (4 March 1892 – 16 July 1944) was a Standartenführer, (full colonel) in the Waffen SS during World War II. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II. Kārlis Aperāts was born on the 4 March 1892, in Vilce parish, Latvia.

Awards

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 September 1944 as Waffen-Obersturmbannführer and commander of Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment 32 (lettische Nr. 1) der SS

    • References

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