Hitzfeld, Otto-Maximilian
- Date of birth:
- May 7th, 1898 (Schlugsee-Blasiwald, Baden, Germany)
- Date of death:
- December 6th, 1990 (Dossenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
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1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur III. Battalion/ Infanterie-Regiment 158
- Awarded on:
- August 25th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 213
- Awarded on:
- August 15th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 213
- Awarded on:
- October 30th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 213
- Awarded on:
- January 17th, 1942
Awarded in recognition of the outstanding performance of his Regiment throughout its defensive actions against massive Soviet assaults during the hard winter fighting in the Crimea (1941/42).
65th Award
65th 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)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Ordinul Coroana Romaniei Ofiter
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Kolonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 213
- Awarded on:
- June 22nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Kolonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 213
- Awarded on:
- October 6th, 1942
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- Photo: Wilco Vermeer, the Netherlands
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- KURSIETIS, A.J., The Wehrmacht at War 1939-1945, Uitgeverij Aspekt, Soesterberg, 1999.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1997.
- Axis Biographical Research
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht
- Das Ritterkreuz
- Feldgrau
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