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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Hilt, Günther |
| Date of birth: | March 23rd, 1918 (Stuttgart/Württemberg, Germany)
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| Date of death: |
August 21st, 1944 (near Wyszków/Warsaw Province, Poland)
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BIOGRAPHY:
The 5. Jäger-Division defended her bridgehead on the southern bank of the Bug near Wyszków very effectively. This enabled the division to diminish her bridgehead according to plan in the night of 21 August 1944. It was repeatedly attacked by the enemy and in the evening the order was given to retreat to the northern bank. Hilt died in this operation.
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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Oberleutnant der Reserve (Lieutenant of Reserves)
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Unit:
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Führer 7. / Jäger-Regiment 56 / 5.Jäger-Division / X.Armee-Korps / 16.Armee / Heeresgruppe Nord
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Awarded on:
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September 14th, 1942
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Details:
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1171st Award.
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RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
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Rank:
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Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
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Unit:
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Kommandeur III. / Jäger-Regiment 56 / 5.Jäger-Division / IX.Armee-Korps / 3.Panzer-Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
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Awarded on:
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February 8th, 1944
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Details:
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386th Award.
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| Picture source: |
- Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
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| Information source(s): |
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
- Reinicke, A., Die 5. Jäger-Division – Polen, Westfeldzug 1940, Rußland, Das Ende an der Oderfront, Nebel Verlag GmbH, Eggolsheim, Deutschland, 2003
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