Knights cross holder's of 1st Para Div.
Wounded 5 times in the war.Benoit Douville wrote:I am particularly interested by the story of Karl-Hans Wittig who won the Knight-Cross on the Eastern Front in 1944 and was not an officer yet.He was one of the greatest soldier of the entire German Army. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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Saw action at Dordrecht,the Hague,Crete,Russia,France.
At Stolbetskoye "destroyed four of eight attacking tanks from close range".
Captured near Mons in 1944.
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I realy need to get around to making some copies of all these KC winners pictures,though im shure i have some of course,that http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de/ site has more info on them too right Peter?.But then its all in german,so is there a translation to english button or not?thanks.