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Pohl, Eberhard

Date of birth:
November 23rd, 1908 (Sagan/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:
April 16th, 1997 (Ottobrunn/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Infanterie-Regiment 134
Awarded on:
April 2nd, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
I. / Infanterieregiment 134
Awarded on:
December 17th, 1942
The following newspaper excerpt (dated 28.12.1942) describes why Pohl received the Knight’s Cross…

“Major Pohl defeated a major enemy breakthrough attempt in the Stalingrad area.”
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
    - 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
    - Kösliner Zeitung (Edition 357)

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