Esebeck, Freiherr von, Hans-Karl
- Date of birth:
- July 10th, 1892 (Potsdam/Brandenburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 5th, 1955 (Dortmund-Bodelschwingh/North Rhine-Westphalia, germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 26th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 15th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 6.Schützen-Brigade
- Awarded on:
- July 4th, 1940
“Oberst Freiherr von Esebeck led his Abteilung with audacity and decisiveness during an assault that succeeded in capturing Fortress Epinal. The breakthrough of this line of forts was all the more impressive given that the enemy was still offering resistance in the forts as well as the terrain in-between them. Freiherr von Esebeck also repeatedly distinguished himself from the attack against the Maas river all the way up to reaching the French coast.”
116th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 15th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 2.Panzer-Division
- Awarded on:
- August 23rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo:
- Hans-Karl Freiherr von Esebeck - Wikipedia
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf, 2003.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
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