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Knight's Cross, Oak-Leaves and Swords Recipients 1941–45

By Ramiro Bujeiro , Gordon Williamson

Book information

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
ISBN
9781841766430, 1841766437
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
25 MB (25938899 bytes)
Series
Elite 133
Pages
64\68
Time added
2020-09-27 11:47:32
world war 2

Description

Osprey's survey of the recipients of the Knight's Cross and Oak-Leaves and Swords awards during World War II (1939-1945). On 21 June 1941, as the Wehrmachtstormed forward across the frontiers of the Soviet Union, Hitler instituted a new higher grade of the Knight’s Cross decoration for gallantry and leadership: the silver clasp of the Oak-Leaves with Swords. It would be awarded to only 159 men of the approximately 15 million who served in the German armed forces during World War II. This third in a sequence of four titles describes and illustrates a selection of the recipients: from much-wounded front line infantry officers, to Hitler’s ‘brother-in-law’; from a sergeant pilot fighter ace, to the commanding general of the greatest tank force ever gathered on the Russian Front.

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