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Konrad Hupfer

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Years of service
  
1930–44

Commands held
  
Grenadier-Regiment 21

Service/branch
  
German Army

Rank
  
Oberstleutnant

Name
  
Konrad Hupfer

Born
  
21 October 1911 Altdorf (
1911-10-21
)

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Sevastopol

Died
  
April 10, 1944, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, Siege of Sevastopol, World War II

Konrad Hupfer (21 October 1911 – 10 April 1944) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient 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.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (20 September 1939)
  • 1st Class (8 June 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 14 June 1942 as Hauptmann in the II./Infanterie-Regiment 72
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 21 September 1941 as Hauptmann and chief of the 14./Infanterie-Regiment 72
  • 136th Oak Leaves on 28 October 1942 as Hauptmann and commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 72

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