Pössl, Walter

Date of birth:: September 16th, 1909 (Vienna, Austria)
Date of death:: September 25th, 1944 (Warsaw, Poland)
Buried on:: German War Cemetery Pulawy
Plot: 3. Row: 24. Grave: 1096.
Nationality:: German

Biography

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Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: July 13th, 1941

Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: Panzer-Abteilung "Großdeutschland", Infanterie-Division (motorisiert) "Großdeutschland", Heer
Awarded on:: September 5th, 1942

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: Panzer-Abteilung "Großdeutschland", Infanterie-Division (motorisiert) "Großdeutschland", Heer
Awarded on:: October 18th, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major
Unit:: Kommandeur, I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment "Großdeutschland", Infanterie-Division (motorisiert) "Großdeutschland", Heer
Awarded on:: April 20th, 1943

The following wartime excerpt (dated 28.04.1943) describes why Pössl received the Knight’s Cross…

“Major Pössl and his Panzer-Abteilung struck a group of 50 Soviet tanks near Belgorod, destroying 39 of these without friendly losses.”

This action took place on the 14.03.1943, when Pössl and his Abteilung were summoned to assist the hard-pressed Aufklärungs-Abteilung of the Großdeutschland Division.