Date of birth:

September 26th, 1918 (Röhrsdorf/Posen, Germany)

Date of death:

October 31st, 1998 (Düsseldorf/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Gerhard Bruchmann finally reached the rank of Feldwebel.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

November 9th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

February 7th, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Unteroffizier (Junior Officer)

Unit:

Gruppenführer, 3. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 12, 31. Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

August 6th, 1943

Awarded for his actions in the fighting south of Orel during the summer of 1943. Despite being hindered by a wound he continued to lead at the head of his Kampfgruppe. In this time he and his men broke into the Soviet trenches and crushed their resistance after a short yet fierce round of close combat.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

November 27th, 1944

• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993.