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Date of birth:

1920 (Innsbruck, Austria)

Nationality:

Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

Oberleutnant Raimund Steiner replaced Hauptman Karl-Heinrich Wolter as commander of the Merville battery in 1944. Wolter was killed during an Allied bombardment. He was wounded as the result of a direct impact on one of the bunkers. This would be his third time, as he already twice sustained severe wounds on the Eastern Front. He managed to repell all British attacks on his battery and retreated only after 16 August 1944.

Military career:
April 1939: Forced enlisted
April 1941: Yugoslavia
?: Eastern Front (Russia, Finland)
31 December 1943: Batterie Colleville-sur-Mer
May 1944: CO, Batterie Merville
?: Eastern Front
31 December 1943: Batterie Colleville-sur-Mer
May 1944: Kommandant, 1. Batterie, Artillerie-Regiment 1716, 716. Infanterie-Division
6 June 1944: D-Day
16 August 1944: Retreat from France

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• - Site de la Batterie de Merville; The battery
  - D-Day To Berlin - Andrew Williams
  - BBC - Press Office - D-Day biographies
  - Steiner's War-The Merville Battery
  

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