Schultz, Fritz-Rudolf
- Date of birth:
- February 19th, 1917 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 2nd, 2002
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 29th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 1st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
- Unit:
- I. / Panzer-Regiment 35
- Awarded on:
- December 26th, 1943
Award 502/39.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur I. / Panzer-Regiment 35 / 4.Panzer-Division / LVL.Panzer-Korps / 2.Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
- Awarded on:
- April 21st, 1944
1) The large numbers of tanks destroyed by his Abteilung in the latter half of 1943. This included totals of...
- 19 tanks on the 01.08.1943.
- 26 tanks on the 02.08.1943.
- 13 tanks on the 28.08.1943.
- 22 tanks on the 19.11.1943.
2) His Abteilung’s successes in the defensive battles on the Desna, Dnieper and Ssosh rivers.
3) Further distinguished service of his troops during Operation Nikolaus (the closure of the gap between 2. and 9. Armee on the 21.12.1943) and in the defensive battle at Kalinkovitschi (08.-29.01.1944).
3002nd Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major der Reserve (Major of Reserves)
- Unit:
- stellvertretender Führer Panzer-Regiment 35 / 4.Panzer-Division / XXXIX.Panzer-Korps / 18.Armee / Heeresgruppe Nord
- Awarded on:
- October 28th, 1944
Awarded for his actions during the defensive battle at the Venta river on the 09.10.1944. While in command of the armoured Kampfgruppe of the Division he counterattacked and smashed a group of Soviets that had broken into the German lines. In doing so he halted an attack by 2-3 Soviet divisions, and was thereby able to stabilize the southern flank of the 4. Panzer-Division.
636th Award.
636th Award.
Großes Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der BRD
- Awarded on:
- December 10th, 1973
Sources
- Photo 1: Wehrkundearchiv
- Photo: Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Ritterkreuz Archiv, I/2014, Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Bayreuth, 2012
- 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
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht
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