Hans Fritsche (officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hans Fritsche (officer)

German officer and Knight's Cross recipients

Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1909

Place of Birth: Tułowice, Opole Voivodeship, Opole Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 27-May-1993

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Hans Fritsche (officer)

  • The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.
  • The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadership of his troops in battle to a low-ranking soldier for a single act of extreme gallantry.
  • A total of 7,321 awards were made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945.
  • This number is based on the analysis and acceptance of the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).
  • Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD—Reich Labour Service) and the Volkssturm (German national militia).
  • There were also 43 foreign recipients of the award.These recipients are listed in the 1986 edition of Walther-Peer Fellgiebel's book, Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945.
  • Fellgiebel was the former chairman and head of the order commission of the AKCR.
  • In 1996, the second edition of this book was published with an addendum delisting 11 of these original recipients.
  • Author Veit Scherzer has cast doubt on a further 193 of these listings.
  • The majority of the disputed recipients had received the award in 1945, when the deteriorating situation of Germany during the final days of World War II left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process.Listed here are the 280 Knight's Cross recipients whose last name starts with "F".
  • Scherzer has challenged the validity of 12 of these listings.
  • Georg-Wolfgang Feller, a 13th doubted recipient, is listed by the AKCR.
  • However, the AKCR itself challenges his listing.
  • The recipients are ordered alphabetically by last name.
  • The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross was awarded.

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