Knight's Cross, Oak-leaves and Swords Recipients 1941-45 (Osprey Elite 133) (Repost)
Knight's Cross, Oak-leaves and Swords Recipients 1941-45 (Osprey Elite 133)
Osprey Publishing | 2005 | ISBN: 1841766437 | English | 66 Pages | PDF (e-book) | 3,1 MB
Osprey Publishing | 2005 | ISBN: 1841766437 | English | 66 Pages | PDF (e-book) | 3,1 MB
On 21 June 1941, as the Wehrmacht stormed forward across frontiers of the Soviet Union, Hitler instituted a new higher grade of the Knight's Cross decoration for galantry 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.