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Ludwig Gerlach

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Name
  
Ludwig Gerlach

Party
  
Centre Party

Years of service
  
?–1945 1956–69

Role
  
Judge

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany

Rank
  
Major (Wehrmacht) Oberst (Bundeswehr)

Commands held
  
I./Grenadier-Regiment 409

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Battle of Narva (1944) Courland Pocket

Died
  
February 18, 1877, Berlin, Germany

Ludwig Gerlach (14 October 1919 – 27 February 2001) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberst in the Bundeswehr. 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 (1939)
  • 2nd Class (1 August 1940)
  • 1st Class (11 September 1941)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (13 September 1944)
  • Infantry Assault Badge (9 November 1944)
  • Eastern Front Medal (20 July 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 March 1945 as Hauptmann and commander of I./Grenadier-Regiment 409

    • References

    Ludwig Gerlach Wikipedia
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