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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1937–45

Name
  
Kurt Groschke

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Rank
  
Major of the Reserves

Kurt Groschke
Born
  
17 July 1907 Berlin-Charlottenburg (
1907-07-17
)

Died
  
26 March 1996(1996-03-26) (aged 88) Odenthal

Commands held
  
II./Fallschirmjager-Regiment 1 Fallschirmjager-Regiment 15

Kurt Groschke (17 July 1907 – 26 March 1996), was a German Fallschirmjager (paratrooper) during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). 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

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (20 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (22 May 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 21 June 1943 as Major in the II./Fallschirmjager-Regiment 1
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 9 June 1944 as Major and commander of the II./Fallschirmjager-Regiment 1
  • 693rd Oak Leaves on 9 January 1945 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Fallschirmjager-Regiment 15
  • Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 29 July 1944

    • References

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