Allegiance Nazi Germany Name Walter Rappholz Rank Oberfeldwebel | Years of service 1935–45 Service/branch German Army | |
Unit Panzer-Jagd-Abteilung 616 Battles/wars World War II
Annexation of the Sudetenland
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Bialystok–Minsk
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
Battle of Moscow
Battles of Rzhev
Operation Bagration
Battle of Dukla Pass
Silesian Offensives Died September 30, 1991, Magdeburg, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Battle of France | ||
Walter Rappholz (4 June 1912 – 30 September 1991) was a highly decorated Oberfeldwebel in the Wehrmacht during World War II and 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. Walter Rappholz was captured by American forces in May 1945 and was released later that month.
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