Service/branch German Army Name Otto Carius | Years of service 1940–45 | |
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Battles/wars World War IIOperation BarbarossaBattle of NarvaBattle for Narva Bridgehead Awards Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves Books Otto Carius Meine Dienstzeit: My Military Service 1940-1945 Similar People Kurt Knispel, Michael Wittmann, Felix Steiner, Leonid Govorov | ||
Meeting Otto Carius - 4.4.2013
Otto Carius (27 May 1922 – 24 January 2015) was a German tank commander in the army of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
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- Meeting Otto Carius 442013
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- World War II
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World War II
Soon after Otto Carius graduated from school, World War II broke out. Carius enlisted in the army and first served in the infantry, before volunteering for the Panzer branch. In 1943, Carius transferred to the 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion. He became commander of a Jagdtiger company of the 512th Heavy Antitank Battalion at the beginning of 1945. On 8 March 1945, 2nd Company was directed to the front line near Siegburg, where it took part in the defense of the River Rhine. He surrendered to the United States Army on 7 May 1945 and was released on 21 May 1945. After the war, Carius set up a pharmacy which was aptly called "Tiger Apotheke". Carius died on 24 January 2015 at age 92. The news coverage around his death described him as a "panzer ace credited with destroying more than 150 enemy tanks, mostly on the Eastern Front."
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