Pabst, Karl

Date of birth:: November 25th, 1914 (Lichtenfels, Germany)
Date of death:: June 1944 (Near Bobruisk, Soviet Union (missing))
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: Chef 3./Pionier-Bataillon 296
Awarded on:: December 19th, 1943

Near the end of November 1943 the Soviets began a major offensive in the area around Gomel. During these hard defensive battles Hauptmann Pabst, acting commander of the Pionier-Bataillon 296, distinguished himself through his bravery and steadfastness. His defensive achievements despite the most difficult of ground conditions (i.e. mud) were of great importance for the halting of a Soviet breakthrough attempt in the sector of the 296. Infanterie-Division.

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- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- SCHERZER, VEIT, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2015.

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