Date of birth:

September 15th, 1914 (Rebesgrün/Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

September 8th, 1944 (near Briey/Lorraine, Germany)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Noyers-Pont-Maugis
Plot: 4. Row: 4. Grave: 373.

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Albert Dressel finally reached the rank of Oberfeldwebel.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

July 9th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

November 20th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)

Unit:

Zugführer 3. / Panzer-Abteilung 160 / 60. Infanterie-Division / 6.Armee / Heeresgruppe B

Awarded on:

October 13th, 1942

The following wartime excerpt describes why Dressel would be awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“During a Soviet breakthrough attempt along Stalingrad’s northern front in September 1942 Albert Dressel left his security position on his own initiative when he recognized the main effort of the enemy’s tank attack. He immediately attacked the far larger enemy force and eliminated 37 enemy tanks with his Zug, a total of which he was personally responsible for 16.”

Submitted on October 11th 1942.
Preliminary document on October 16th to AOK 6.

• Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
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  - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 2004.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Foto-Film-Verlag Knights Cross postcard
  - Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
  

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