Date of birth:

October 8th, 1894 (Frankfurt an der Oder/Brandenburg, Germany)

Date of death:

April 15th, 1942 (Krasnoje, Soviet Union)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Albrecht Erdmann was posthumouslt promoted to Oberst.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur Kradschützen-Bataillon 53 / 3. Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

September 12th, 1941

On the 02.08.1941 Oberstleutnant Erdmann attacked a Russian bunker line along both sides of a creek bed with his Kradschützen-Bataillon and the subordinated II./I.R. (mot.) 8. He managed to break through this line, and in doing so secured a position from which his Division could commence an attack against Luga. He would be awarded the Knight’s Cross for this action.

• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - Dieckhoff, G., 3. Infanterie-Division, 3. Infanterie-Division (mot.), 3. Panzergrenadier-Division, 1960