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Kurt Albrecht (Artillery officer)

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Years of service
  
1911–18 1935–45

Role
  
Artillery officer

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Kurt Albrecht

Died
  
1966, Celle, Germany

Rank
  
Oberst

Born
  
26 December 1895 Ketzin (
1895-12-26
)

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
Artillerie-Regiment 172

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) First Battle of Kharkov Battle of Kursk Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Kurt Albrecht (26 December 1895 – 23 July 1966) was a highly decorated Oberst 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.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Sudetenland Medal
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 November 1944 as Oberst and commander of Artillerie-Regiment 172

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