Brill, Kurt

Date of birth:: January 19th, 1916 (Otterberg/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:: May 25th, 1978 (Otterberg/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

During the Second World War Kurt Brill served with I. / Grenadier-Regiment 488 and Grenadier-Regiment 956. After the Second World War he served with the Bundeswehr from 1956 until 1969, reaching the rank of Oberstleutnant.

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major
Unit:: I. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 488, 268. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: April 5th, 1943

Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: November 7th, 1943

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major
Unit:: stellvertretender Führer, Grenadier-Regiment 956, 362. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: July 4th, 1944

Awarded for his actions at the Anzio front on the 29.05.1944. On this day the Allies achieved a 1.5 km deep penetration into the frontline of Brill’s Kampfgruppe, which was located on the western wing of the 362. Infanterie-Division. The II./Grenadier-Regiment 1060 (without 1. Kompanie) was dispatched to the area, and Brill used it to cut off the penetration at its base by rolling up the trenches there. The Bataillon made contact with the eastern wing of the 3. Panzergrenadier-Division just as the Allies resumed their attack from the outside, and the soldiers that had been cut off by this maneuver were either killed or captured in the area atop and south of the Cenaro hill on the 29.-30.05.1944. Major Brill would be recognized appropriately for this tactical victory.