Bleckwenn, Wilhelm
- Date of birth:
- October 21st, 1906 (Berge/Province of Hanover, Germany)
- Date of death:
- May 10th, 1989 (Saarbrücken/Saarland, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Kompanie-Offizier MG-Bataillon 1
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur I. / Grenz-Infanterie-Regiments 127
- Awarded on:
- March 20th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur I. / Grenz-Infanterie-Regiments 127
- Awarded on:
- May 21st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur I. / Grenz-Infanterie-Regiments 127
- Awarded on:
- July 1st, 1940
Silver version.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur I. / Grenz-Infanterie-Regiments 127
- Awarded on:
- July 1st, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur III. / Infanterie-Regiment 256 / 112. Infanterie-Division / 2. Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
- Awarded on:
- September 10th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Führer Infanterie-Regiment 487 / 267.Infanterie-Division / 4.Panzerarmee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
- Awarded on:
- April 14th, 1942
Award 106/12
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 487 / 267. Infanterie-Division / 4. Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
- Awarded on:
- August 20th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 487 / 267. Infanterie-Division / 4. Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
- Awarded on:
- August 20th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 487 / 267.Infanterie-Division / 9.Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
- Awarded on:
- April 6th, 1944
2876th Award
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 487 / 267. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- October 18th, 1944
Following Heeresgruppe Mitte’s collapse during Operation Bagration, Oberst Bleckwenn and a small Kampfgruppe under his command managed to break through to East Prussia after a period of 44 days of fighting through Belorussian forests. In the process he and his men overcame the torrential currents of the Memel river on the night of the 04./05.08.1944 while crossing it at a point south of Druschkiniki. He was subsequently awarded the Oakleaves for this noteworthy accomplishment.
621th Award.
621th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- Photo: Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1997.
- 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
- Armee Tagesbefehl Nr. 12, Armee Oberkommando 4, 3 Mai 1944
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
- Island Farm POW Camp: / Special Camp:XI
- Axis Biographical Research
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