Kahl, Bruno (Panzerjäger-Regiment 656)
- Date of birth:
- November 23rd, 1914 (Cologne/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 27th, 1999 (Cologne/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
00.00.1933: Fahnenjunker;
April 20th, 1935: Leutnant;
June 1st, 1938: Oberleutnant;
June 1st, 1941: Hauptmann (RDA -14-);
January 1st, 1943: Major (RDA -57-);
January 1st, 1945: Oberstleutnant.
Career:
00.00.1933: Kraftfahr-Abteilung 6, Gießen
00.00.1935-00.00.1938: Nachrichten-Offizier, Panzerjäger-Abteilung 9, Gießen
October 1938: Kompaniechef, Gebirgs-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 48;
October 1940: Panzer-Regiment 21;
June 1942: Kommandeur III. / Panzer-Regiment 21;
January 25th, 1943: St. 8 Münster, Führerreserve OKH;
April 3rd, 1943: Panzer-Ersatz-Abteilung 500;
April 29th, 1943: Kommandeur Panzer-Abteilung 216 ( III. / Panzerjäger-Regiment 656);
November 1st, 1943: Stab Königlische Bulgarische Heeresleitung, Führerreserve OKH;
February 15th, 1944: Kommandeur Panzerlehrgang "Panther", Erlangen;
October 20th, 1944: m.d.F.b. Panzer-Regiment Großdeutschland;
March 28th, 1945: Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment Großdeutschland
00.05.1945: POW
00.06.1945: released
00.00.1970: Direktor der Bayer AG
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Awarded for distinguishing himself during the closing of a pocket of Soviet troops SE of Toropez. After three days of hard fighting the reinforced III./Panzer-Regiment 21 succeeded in sealing off the last exit from the pocket following a bold thrust launched on Kahl’s own initiative. By this action the fate of the Soviet troops in the pocket was sealed.
1519th Heer Award.
Submitted on January 22nd 1943.
Preliminary document and decoration on February 10th 1943 to AOK 9.
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
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- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
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- Karteikarte.
- Axis Biographical Research
- Lexikon-der-Wehrmacht.de