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Karl Baacke

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Years of service
  
1924–44

Name
  
Karl Baacke

Rank
  
Oberstleutnant

Service/branch
  
German Army

Born
  
15 May 1907 Aurich (
1907-05-15
)

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
Grenadier-Regiment 226 and Urlauber-Regiment "Baacke"

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of France Battle of Greece Operation Barbarossa Crimean Campaign (1941–1942) Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) Cherkassy Pocket Kamenets-Podolsky pocket

Died
  
April 1, 1944, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Battle of Greece

Karl Baacke (15 May 1907 – 1 April 1944) was an Oberstleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Baacke is missing in action since 1 April 1944 in the Kamenets-Podolsky pocket.

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Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (14 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (21 June 1940)
  • Infantry Assault Badge (18 August 1940)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • Eastern Front Medal (2 August 1942)
  • Crimea Shield (23 August 1942)
  • German Cross in Gold on 28 February 1943 as Major in Grenadier-Regiment 266
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 30 June 1941 as Hauptmann and Chef 2./Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment 124
  • 352nd Oak Leaves on 10 December 1943 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 266
  • Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 27 April 1941 and 21 June 1942

    • Wehrmachtbericht references

    The daily Wehrmachtbericht (Wehrmacht propaganda report) noted the following:

    References

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