Eggers, Hermann

Date of birth:: October 25th, 1914 (Hanau am Main/Hessen, Germany)
Date of death:: April 22nd, 2006 (Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

After the Second WOrld War Hermann Eggers served with the Bundeswehr and there finally reached the rank of Oberstleutnant.

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:: 1. Batterie, I. Abteilung, Flak-Regiment 64, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: January 19th, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: Chef, 3. Batterie, I. Abteilung, Flak-Regiment 64, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: August 21st, 1942

The following excerpt from the Deutsche Nachrichtenbüro (dated 31.08.1942) describes why Eggers would be awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“His inspiring personal bravery and skillful leadership ensured that his Batterie also achieved great successes during the war against the Soviet Union. While serving with a Vorausabteilung on the Kertsch peninsula the Batterie decisively contributed to the smashing of the Bolshevik counterattack on the 09.05.1942. In doing so it heavily facilitated the further battles of the Vorausabteilung and opened the way to Kertsch itself. This great success is in no small part thanks to the unconditional devotion to duty and exemplary decisiveness of the Batterie commander, who was heavily wounded for the second time in this war during the breakthrough of the Parpatsch position.”