Date of birth:

November 23rd, 1916 (Kempten im Allgäu/bavaria, Germany)

Date of death:

April 1st, 2002 (Bad Kreuznach, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Karl Roßmann finally reached the rank of Oberstleutnant.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 29th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 17th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)

Unit:

Chef, 16. Batterie, IV. Gruppe, Flak-Regiment "General Göring" (motorisiert)

Awarded on:

November 12th, 1941

On the 02.08.1941, as the pocket battle of Uman drew to its conclusion, the encircled Soviet forces attempted a desperate breakout by night. One of the German units in their path, located between Uman and Slatopol near the town of Swerdlikowo, was the Batterie Roßmann along with a handful of infantry including troops from the SS-Division “Wiking”. This small force, under the command of Roßmann himself, was able to hold out against all attacks for 14 hours and thus play a major role in ensuring the destruction of trapped Soviet 6th, 12th and elements of the 18th Armies. For this act Roßmann would receive the Knight’s Cross.

370th Award.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Captain)

Unit:

Führer, I. Abteilung, Panzer-Regiment 'Hermann Göring'

Awarded on:

March 20th, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major

Unit:

Kommandeur, Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment 'Hermann Göring'

Awarded on:

February 1st, 1945

Awarded for the major role his Panzer-Regiment played in preventing a Soviet breakthrough to East Prussia, and that the enemy could be thrown back over the Rominte river.

725th Award.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

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• - 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
  - 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
  - Karl Rossmann - Lexikon der Wehrmacht