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Author | : Kevin Brazier |
Publisher | : Fonthill Media |
Total Pages | : 862 |
Release | : 2022-12-14 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, to give it its full name, owes its origins to the Pour le Merite (Blue Max), an imperial award dating back to 1740. The Complete Knight's Cross is the only book to tell the story of all 7,364 men who were awarded it (including all the disputed awards). The book has over 200 photos of holders of the medal and over 100 photos of their graves. Volume One deals with 1939-41 (numbers 1-1267) and is subtitled The Years of Victory. Volume Two deals with 1942-43 (numbers 1268-3685) and is subtitled The Years of Stalemate. Volume Three deals with 1944-45 (numbers 3686-7364) and is subtitled The Years of Defeat. The recipients are listed in the order of the date of award. Each entry starts with the recipients rank and name, followed by details of the action or actions for witch they were awarded it. Other interesting facts and stories are also included for many of them. Finally their burial locations, where known are given. Any higher awards (Oak Leaves, Swords, Diamonds and the ultimate Golden award) are also covered.
Author | : Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |
Publisher | : Helion & Company Limited |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781874622468 |
Until now, this essential reference book has only been available in its hard-to-find German version - Helion are pleased to announce not only a complete translation of this important source. The text lists all known recipients (over 7,000 of them), giving name, rank, unit, and date of award for each. Recipients of the higher classes of this decoration, such as the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, are also included. Elite of the Third Reich is destined to become a standard reference work on the Second World War German Armed Forces - Army, Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS. The publication of occasional updates is planned, containing corrections and amendments.
Author | : Jeremy Dixon |
Publisher | : Schiffer Military History |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Germany |
ISBN | : 9780764342660 |
This extensive, two-volume set presents every recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves, awarded during the Second World War, and presented personally by Hitler from 1940 until 1945. Described inside - and shown with at least one photograph - are each of the 889 recipients from the Luftwaffe, Heer, Waffen-SS, and Kriegsmarine, as well as foreign recipients. This work contains over 1000 photographs, from the author's own collection as well as other private collections. This is first time such a work has been written in the English language and is a must for anyone interested in Germany's highest decoration, as well as anyone interested in the careers of each recipient.
Author | : David Fraser |
Publisher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 630 |
Release | : 2008-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0007291469 |
Erwin Rommel was the outstanding Axis field commander of the Second World War, respected, even admired, by his opponents. Here it seemed to the Allies, was a supremely professional soldier: chivalrous, decent, largely untainted by the crimes of the Nazi regime, carrying out his duty with often dazzling success. David Fraser's definitive study brings to Rommel's career not only the insights of an acclaimed biographer, but also those of a distinguished soldier. He shows how inspiringly spontaneous and superficially haphazard Rommel's style of leadership could be; how his hallmarks of boldness of manoeuvre, ferocity in attack and tenacity in pursuit, which characterised his great campaign in North Africa, were evident from his earliest battles in the First World War. Knight's Cross is first and foremost hte biography of a soldier, but Rommel reached a position in which he almost inevitably became embroiled in politics, including his alleged involvement in the plot to kill Hitler, which condemned him in the eyes of the Fuhrer he had served so loyally. Rommel is not, to David Fraser, a flawless hero: his failing as well as his genuis are recorded here. But he had that instinct for battle and leadership which set him apart from contemporaries, and places him among the truly great commanders of history.
Author | : Jeremy Dixon |
Publisher | : Schiffer Pub Limited |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780764332432 |
This book presents the biographies of 115 Luftwaffe officers who reached the rank of general and who were awarded the Knights Cross, and higher grades of the award during their career. This study brings together the highest ranking recipients of this special award from the Luftwaffe, the German air force: men like fighter aces Adolf Galland and Werner Mlders; one of the most successful field commanders of the war Albert Kesselring; paratroopers like Kurt Student and Eugen Meindl; Field-Marshals Erhard Milch, Wolfram von Richthofen, Robert Ritter von Greim, Hugo Sperrle, and of course Hermann Gring the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe.
Author | : Dietrich Maerz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2007-11-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780979796906 |
Author | : Bryan Perrett |
Publisher | : Saint Martin's Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 1988-05-01 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 9780312911300 |
The Panzerwaffe was pivotal to the early Nazi conquests and later proved to be the very backbone of German defense. This is a fascinating, comprehensive, and richly detailed account that offers new insights on the remarkable German tank soldier and his superior fighting vehicle. Martin's.
Author | : Jeremy Dixon |
Publisher | : US Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781526718730 |
Jeremy Dixon's highly illustrated book is the ideal guide to the Knight's Cross holders and their wartime service.
Author | : Mark C. Yerger |
Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780764311697 |
Holder of the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves and Swords, Otto Weidinger was the last commander of SS-Regiment "Der Führer". Among the best field officers of the Waffen-SS, he graduated from SS officer school and served throughout the war. This fully revised and expanded edition of his authorised biography provides a wealth of information for the historian and military collector. Lavishly illustrated with over 130 photographs and documents, many never before seen, the volume covers Weidinger's military career and life in complete detail. This vastly expanded classic is an essential study of one of the most decorated officers of the 2.SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich".
Author | : Albrecht Wacker |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2008-06-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1848846932 |
A biography of the second most successful sniper of the German Wehrmacht and one of the few private soldiers to be honored with the Knights Cross award. An Austrian conscript who qualified as a Wehrmacht machine gunner, Josef “Sepp” Allerberger was drafted to the southern sector of the Russian Front in July 1942. Wounded at Voroshilovsk, he experimented with a Russian sniper-rifle while convalescing and so impressed his superiors with his proficiency that he was returned to the front as his regiment’s only sniper specialist. This sometimes-harrowing account provides an excellent introduction to the commitment in fieldcraft, discipline and routine required of the sniper, a man apart. There was no place for chivalry on the Russian Front. Away from the film cameras, no prisoner survived long after surrendering. Russian snipers had used the illegal explosive bullet since 1941, and Hitler eventually authorized its issue in 1944. The result was a battlefield of horror. Allerberger was a cold-blooded killer, but few will find a place in their hearts for the soldiers of the Red Army against whom he fought. “It is a great read and covers just about everything you would want to know about Allerberger, the weapons, techniques and employment of German snipers on the Eastern Front in WWII but does it in a manner and narrative that is never boring and is guaranteed to hold your interest.” —Argunners Magazine “A very unique story and experience worth telling of an Eastern Front Sniper.” —Sniper Central