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Karl Baxmann

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Name
  
Karl Baxmann

Rank
  
Hauptmann

Years of service
  
1937–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Commands held
  
II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 73

Battles/wars
  
World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Battle of Kursk Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation Battle of Kiev (1943) Lower Dnieper Offensive Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive Hube's Pocket Lublin–Brest Offensive Lower Silesian Offensive Prague Offensive

Died
  
January 10, 2004, Sohlde, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Karl Baxmann (13 November 1919 – 10 January 2004) was a highly decorated Hauptmann 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. Karl Baxmann was captured by British troops in May 1945 and was released in August 1945.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (9 November 1939)
  • 1st Class (2 July 1941)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (3 January 1942)
  • Panzer Badge (23 April 1942)
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 May 1944 as Oberleutnant and commander of II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 73

    • References

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