Brave soldier - Fritz Klingenberg

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Brave soldier - Fritz Klingenberg

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 09 May 2005, 23:29

Mopish Jason's (locked at this very moment) thread "Who was the greatest Waffen-SS soldier ever for his bravery" reminded me of one of the bravest Waffen-SS soldiers who, unofficialy, started the legend of Waffen-SS bravery...
He practically single-handed captured the capital of my country.
As a Serb, this should be my shame too, but a man should give his respect to a realy brave soldier...

I'll post some fine photos of Fritz Klingenberg.
(source: G.H.Stein, "Waffen-SS")
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Post by Ivan Ž. » 09 May 2005, 23:40

(source: photo can be found on various websites, also with different versions of his autograph)
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Post by Ivan Ž. » 09 May 2005, 23:42

(source: book about "Das Reich" Division)
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Post by Ivan Ž. » 09 May 2005, 23:55

Next two (sources):
1st pic: from book about "Das Reich", "Waffen-SS Soldier" etc
2nd pic: from internet
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Post by Ivan Ž. » 10 May 2005, 00:06

Next three were taken in Charkow in February 1942.
(sources: 1st - "Waffen-SS Soldier" book, 2nd & 3rd - internet)
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Post by Ivan Ž. » 10 May 2005, 00:12

On his motorcycle...
(source: internet, it can also be found in C.Ailsby's book "Waffen-SS")
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Post by Ivan Ž. » 10 May 2005, 00:20

And here's a great photo (already posted on forum by Phil Nix) of Klingenberg with Augsberger
(hope you don't mind me posting it again, Phil...)
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Post by Marc Rikmenspoel » 10 May 2005, 08:03

These days, there's a new-to-English source on Klingenberg available in the form of Helmut Günther's book Hot Motors, Cold Feet, which relates Günther's experiences in Kradschützen Bataillon Reich from late 1940 to late 1941. The German edition has been available for 40 years, but the English one only a year or so.
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Post by Ivan Ž. » 10 May 2005, 14:05

Thanks for this info.
And here are some photos of Klingenberg in SS-J.S. Bad Tölz
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brave soldier

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Post by MOPISH JASON » 13 May 2005, 22:05

good choice their , he was a fine soldier, ive read his story up until he was killed leading a attack in 45.he was a brave man . highly decorated and very well respected.
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Post by PPoS » 15 May 2005, 20:16

Yeah and that story about how he took the capital city was pretty amusing .. And the most important of all, he took it without killing anyone.
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Post by Warager » 17 May 2005, 02:28

Fritz Klingenberg what a brave man taking belgrade with only a few soldiers and a few words
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Post by Ivan Ž. » 17 May 2005, 06:48

PPoS wrote:And the most important of all, he took it without killing anyone.
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Post by Ivan Ž. » 17 May 2005, 20:52

I found this photo on internet a while ago with no caption,
but i recognized Klingenberg right away...
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Post by Sbf.Koch » 18 May 2005, 01:55

Did you now.. then your eyes must be very, very good because this picture is too blurry to reckognise anybody, plus the person in question can only be seen from the side...
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