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Max Chmel

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Rank
  
Unteroffizier

Service/branch
  
German Army

Years of service
  
1940–45

Name
  
Max Chmel

Born
  
3 May 1915 Eiglau (
1915-05-03
)

Unit
  
8./Grenadier-Regiment 200 (mot.)

Battles/wars
  
World War II Italian Campaign Battle of the Seelow Heights

Died
  
April 18, 1945, Muncheberg, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Italian Campaign, Battle of the Seelow Heights, World War II

Max Chmel (3 May 1915 – 18 April 1945) was a highly decorated Unteroffizier 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. Max Chmel was killed on 18 April 1945 in Muncheberg during the Battle of the Seelow Heights.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 November 1944 as Obergefreiter and Gruppenfuhrer in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 200 (mot.)

    • References

    Max Chmel Wikipedia
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