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Oskar Bauer

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Years of service
  
1917–18 1934–45

Name
  
Oskar Bauer

Commands held
  
Flak-Regiment 180

Rank
  
Oberst

Oskar Bauer
Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941)

Died
  
January 20, 1975, Essen, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France

Service/branch
  
German Army (1917–1918), German Army (1934–1935), Luftwaffe (1935–1945)

Oskar Bauer (13 March 1900 – 20 January 1975) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Luftwaffe 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. Oskar Bauer was captured in May 1945 by British troops and was released in 1946.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (10 October 1939)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 1st Class (4 June 1940)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (20 May 1940)
  • General Assault Badge (30 January 1941)
  • Anti-Aircraft Flak Battle Badge (20 February 1942)
  • Ground Assault Badge of the Luftwaffe (16 August 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 October 1941 as Major and commander of II./Flak-Regiment 4

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