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Radici, Georges

Date of birth:
1918 (Nogent en Bassigny/Haute Marne, France)
Date of death:
July 24th, 1947
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

1939-40 campaign againts Germany in an armored unit
November 1944 : enter the Waffen SS as standarten-oberjunker and deputy of the Panzerjäger Abteilung der SS 33 - Division Charlemagne
April 1945: promoted Untersturmführer
13 May 1945: captured in Bolzano by US Army
24 July 1947: sentenced to death and executed in Fresnes

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 1940
While assigned in a cavalry regiment fighting against Germany.

With 1 palm
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Panzerjäger Abteilung, 33. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Charlemagne", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
April 1945
For his conduct during the combats in Pomerania.
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Sources

  • - Stephane Kayser
    - Waffen-SS Français volume 1, Gregory Bouysse

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