Zierach, Otto

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Date of birth:: January 26th, 1907 (Eberswalde)
Date of death:: August 12th, 1976 (Veserde)
Nationality:: German

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberleutnant der Reserve (1st Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:: Luftlande-Sturm-Abteilung "Koch", 7. Flieger-Division, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: May 15th, 1940

Received for the role he played as the Ia of Sturm-Abteilung Koch in the planning and execution of the German airborne attacks against Eben Emael and the Albert canal bridges.

Sources

- 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, 1986.

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