Pipkorn, Rüdiger
- Date of birth:
- November 19th, 1909 (Gera, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 25th, 1945 (Halbe, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Oberst (temporary SS-Standartenführer) Rüdiger Pipkorn was killed during the Battle of Halbe in April 1945 as commander of Kampfgruppe Pipkorn.
Commands held in 1945:
35. SS- und Polizei-Grenadier-Division
Kampfgruppe Pipkorn
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Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- XV Armeekorps
- Awarded on:
- October 18th, 1939
- Awarded for:
- Operation Fall Weiss
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- XV Armeekorps
- Awarded on:
- September 1939
- Awarded for:
- Operation Fall Weiss
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann im Generalstab (Captain to the General Staff)
- Awarded on:
- October 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Standartenführer (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Chef Generalstab II. SS-Panzer-Korps
- Awarded on:
- August 19th, 1944
Sources
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Tieke, W., In the firestorm of the last years of the war – II SS.–Panzerkorps with the 9. and 10. SS–Divisions "Hohenstaufen" and "Frundsberg", J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc., Winnipeg, Canada, 1999
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