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The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadership of his troops in battle to a low-ranking soldier for a single act of extreme gallantry.[1] A total of 7,321 awards were made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945.[Note 1] This number is based on the analysis and acceptance of the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD—Reich Labour Service) and the Volkssturm (German national militia). There were also 43 recipients in the military forces of allies of the Third Reich.[3]
These recipients are listed in the 1986 edition of Walther-Peer Fellgiebel's book, Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945]. Fellgiebel was the former chairman and head of the order commission of the AKCR. In 1996, the second edition of this book was published with an addendum delisting 11 of these original recipients. Author Veit Scherzer has cast doubt on a further 193 of these listings. The majority of the disputed recipients had been nominated for the award in 1945, when the deteriorating situation of Germany during the final days of World War II left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process.[4]
Listed here are the 357 Knight's Cross recipients of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS whose last name is in the range "Bn–Bz".[5] Fellgiebel himself delisted one and Scherzer has challenged the validity of eight more of these listings.[6][7] This is the second of two lists of all 725 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients whose last name starts with "B". The recipients whose last name is in the range "Ba–Bm" is listed at List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Ba–Bm).[8] The recipients are initially ordered alphabetically by last name. The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross was awarded.
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments. The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Article 2 of the enactment mandated that the award of a higher class be preceded by the award of all preceding classes.[9] As the war progressed, some of the recipients of the Knight's Cross distinguished themselves further and a higher grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub), was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred to, were based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940.[10] In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 introduced the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern) and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten).[11] At the end of 1944 the final grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit goldenem Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten), based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, became the final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized.[12]
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| Service | Number of presentations | Posthumous presentations |
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| Heer | 246 | 14 |
| Kriegsmarine | 17 | 1 |
| Luftwaffe | 78 | 7 |
| Waffen-SS | 16 | 0 |
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The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) kept separate Knight's Cross lists, one for each of the three military branches, Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), Luftwaffe (Air Force) and for the Waffen-SS. Within each of these lists a unique sequential number was assigned to each recipient. The same numbering paradigm was applied to the higher grades of the Knight's Cross, one list per grade.[13] Of the 357 awards made to servicemen whose last name is in the range "Bn–Bz", 35 were later awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, six the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and one the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds; 22 presentations were made posthumously. Heer members received 246 of the medals; 17 went to the Kriegsmarine, 78 to the Luftwaffe, and 16 to the Waffen-SS.[5] The sequential numbers greater than 843 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and 143 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords are unofficial and were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) and are therefore denoted in parentheses.[14]
This along with the + (plus) indicates that a higher grade of Knight's Cross was awarded as well.
This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the Knight's Cross was awarded posthumously.
This along with the ! (exclamation mark) indicates that author Walther-Peer Fellgiebel has expressed doubt regarding the veracity or formal correctness of the listing.
This along with the ? (question mark) indicates that historian Veit Scherzer has expressed doubt regarding the veracity or formal correctness of the listing.
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| Name | Service | Rank | Role and unit[Note 2] | Date of award | Notes | Image |
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| Hans-Ekkehard Bob | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[15] | Staffelkapitän of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 54[15][16] | 7 March 1941[15] | — |
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| Reinhold Bobbe | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[17] | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 870[17][18] | 23 March 1945[17] | — |
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| Richard Bochentin | Heer | 15-HMajor[17] | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 405[17][18] | 12 February 1944[17] | — |
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| Georg Bochmann+ | Waffen-SS | 14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer[17] | Commander of SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung "Totenkopf"[18][Note 3] | 3 May 1942[17] | Awarded 246th Oak Leaves 17 May 1943 140th Swords 26 March 1945[17] |
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| Helmut Bochnig | Heer | 15-HMajor[17] | Commander of Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 228[17][18] | 9 June 1944[17] | — |
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| Albert Bock | Luftwaffe | 11-LStabsfeldwebel[17] | Observer in the Stab/Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[17][18] | 4 September 1941[17] | — |
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| Fedor von Bock | Heer | 21-HGeneraloberst[17] | Commander-in-Chief of Heeresgruppe Nord[17][18] | 30 September 1939[17] | — |
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| Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock+ | Waffen-SS | 13-WSS-Obersturmführer and Oberstleutnant of the Schupo[17] | Commander of the II./SS-Polizei-Artillerie-Regiment 4[17][18] | 28 March 1943[17] | Awarded 570th Oak Leaves 2 September 1944[17] | — |
| Hans Bock | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[17] | Commander of schwere Panzer-Abteilung "Großdeutschland"[17][18] | 5 February 1945[17] | — |
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| Karl Bock | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[17] | Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 97[17][18] | 3 May 1942[17] | — |
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| Engelbert Bockhoff | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[17] | Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 9[17][18] | 18 November 1943[17] | — |
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| Oskar von Boddien+ | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant[17] | Commander of Divisions-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 22[19][Note 4] | 2 October 1941[17] | Awarded 58th Oak Leaves 8 January 1942[17] | — |
| Helmuth Bode | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann[20] | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77[18][20] | 10 October 1941[20] | — |
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| Kurt Bodendörfer | Heer | 15-HMajor[20] | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 689[18][20] | 14 February 1945[20] | — |
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| Erpo Freiherr von Bodenhausen | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor[20] | Commander of the 12. Panzer-Division[18][20] | 17 December 1943[20] | — |
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| Hermann Böbel | Heer | 04-HObergefreiter[20] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 88[20][21] | 18 February 1944[20] | — |
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| Wilhelm Böck | Heer | 17-HOberst[20] | Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 176[18][20] | 20 January 1943[20] | — |
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| Dr.-jur. Hermann Böckel | Heer | 17-HOberst of the Reserves[20] | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 688[18][20] | 12 August 1944[20] | — |
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| Heinrich Boecker | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann[20] | Staffelkapitän of the 12.(K)/Lehrgeschwader 1[18][20] | 29 February 1944[20] | — |
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| Hans Boeckh-Behrens | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant[20] | Commander of the 32. Infanterie-Division[18][20] | 9 December 1944[20] | — |
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| Herbert von Böckmann | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant[20] | Commander of the 11. Infanterie-Division[18][20] | 4 December 1941[20] | — |
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| Dr. phil. Rudolf Boeckmann | Heer | 15-HMajor of the Reserves[20] | Commander of schwere Artillerie-Abteilung 408[20][22] | 23 July 1942[20] | — |
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| Heinz Bödicker | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[20] | Leader of Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 209[18][20] | 9 January 1944[20] | — |
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| Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege+ | Heer | 17-HOberst[23] | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 7[23][24] | 22 December 1941[23] | Awarded 594th Oak Leaves 21 September 1944[23] | |
| Hermann Bögel | Kriegsmarine | 12-MLeutnant zur See of the Reserves[23] | Commander of Minensucher M-4040[23][25] | 13 October 1942[23] | — |
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| Rudolf Boehlein | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[23] | Chief of the 2./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4[24][Note 5] | 30 November 1944[23] | — |
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| Hellmuth Böhlke+ | Heer | 17-HOberst[23] | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 430[23][24] | 24 September 1942[23] | Awarded 716th Oak Leaves 25 January 1945[23] | — |
| Ernst Böhm | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann[23] | Chief of the 2./Flak-Regiment 241 (motorized)[23][24] | 20 June 1943[23] | — |
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| Fritz Böhm | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel[23] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Panzer-Regiment 26[23][24] | 23 August 1944[23] | — |
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| Walter Böhm | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel[23] | Spähtruppführer (reconnaissance patrol leader) in the 1./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 8[23][24] | 17 March 1945[23] | — |
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| Franz Böhme | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant[23] | Commander of the 32. Infanterie-Division[23][24] | 29 June 1940[23] | — |
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| Friedrich Böhme | Kriegsmarine | 17-MKapitän zur See[23] | Einsatzleiter der Kriegsmarine-Kleinkampfmittel in Frankreich (Head of operations of the small naval forces in France)[24][Note 6] | 26 August 1944[23] | — |
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| Herbert Böhme | Heer | 15-HMajor[23] | Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 28[23][24] | 19 July 1940[23] | — |
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| Hans Boehmer | Heer | 14-HRittmeister[23] | Commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 238[23][24] | 10 September 1943[23] | — |
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| Kurt Böhmer | Kriegsmarine | 17-MKapitän zur See[23] | Chef des Stabes Befehlshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee (Chief of Staff of the commander of the security of the North Sea)[23][24] | 6 October 1940[23] | — |
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| Leopold Böhmer | Heer | 15-HMajor[24][Note 7] | Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 270[24][26] | 13 July 1940[26] | — |
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| Reinhold Böhmke | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel[26] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 13.(Infanteriegeschütz)/Grenadier-Regiment 162[24][Note 8] | 6 April 1944[26] | — |
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| Rudolf Böhmler | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor[26] | Commander of the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3[24][26] | 26 March 1944[26] | — |
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| Max Böhrendt | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[26] | Flugabwehr (anti-aircraft) Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment "Großdeutschland"[24][26] | 8 February 1943[26] | — |
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| Dr.jur. Dr.rer.pol. Hans Boelsen | Heer | 17-HOberst[26] | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 111[24][26] | 17 September 1943[26] | — |
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| Johannes Bölter+ | Heer | 12-HLeutnant[26] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502[24][26] | 16 April 1944[26] | Awarded 581st Oak Leaves 10 September 1944[26] | — |
| Georg Böhnk | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[26] | Leader of the II./Panzer-Füsilier-Regiment "Großdeutschland"[24][26] | 18 February 1945[26] | — |
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| Walter Boenicke | Luftwaffe | 19-LGeneralleutnant[26] | Commander of the 3. Flieger-Division[24][26] | 14 May 1944[26] | — |
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| Georg Böning | Heer | 10-HFahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel[26] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 13.(IG)/Grenadier-Regiment 412[27][Note 9] | 27 August 1944[26] | — |
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| Johannes de Boer | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant[26] | Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 22[26][27] | 19 June 1940[26] | — |
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| Ernst Börngen | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann[26] | Staffelkapitän of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 27[27][Note 10] | 3 August 1944[27][Note 10] | — |
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| Alwin Boerst+ | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[28] | Pilot in the 3./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[27][28] | 5 October 1941[28] | Awarded 149th Oak Leaves 28 November 1942 61st Swords 6 April 1944[28] |
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| Otto Bösel | Luftwaffe | 09-LWachtmeister[28] | Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 2./Flak-Regiment 43 (motorized)[29][Note 11] | 11 June 1944[28] | — |
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| Georg Freiherr von Boeselager+ | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[28] | Chief of the 1.(reit)/Divisions-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 6[29][Note 12] | 18 January 1941[28] | Awarded 53rd Oak Leaves 31 December 1941 114th Swords 28 November 1944[28] |
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| Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager | Heer | 15-HMajor[28] | Commander of the I./Kavallerie-Regiment Mitte[27][28] | 20 July 1944[28] | — |
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| Karl Böttcher | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor[28] | Commander of the 21. Panzer-Division[27][28] | 13 December 1941[28] | — |
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| Kurt Boettcher | Heer | 15-HMajor[28] | Commander of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 27 (motorized)[27][28] | 4 September 1941[28] | — |
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| Kurt Böttcher | Heer | 15-HMajor[28] | Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 44[27][28] | 21 February 1943[28] | — |
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| Paul Böttcher | Heer | 10-HOberwachtmeister[28] | Squadron leader in the 2. Marschkompanie/Feldersatz-Abteilung 89[29][Note 13] | 30 September 1944[28] | — |
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| Walther-Hans Böttcher | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[28] | Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 216[27][Note 14] | 8 February 1943[28] | — |
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| Johannes Böwe | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[28] | Chief of the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Grenadier-Regiment 397[27][Note 15] | 11 December 1943[28] | — |
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| Wolfgang Böwing-Treuding | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[28] | Staffelführer of the 10./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"[27][Note 16] | 24 March 1943*[28] | Killed in action 11 February 1943[27] | — |
| Wilhelm Boffer | Heer | 15-HMajor of the Reserves[30] | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 1039[27][30] | 16 October 1944[30] | — |
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| Rudolf Bogatsch | Luftwaffe | 20-LGeneral der Flieger[30] | General der Luftwaffe beim Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres[27][Note 17] | 20 March 1942[30] | — |
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| Bruno Bogert | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[30] | Commander of Sicherungs-Bataillon 670[27][30] | 21 April 1944[30] | — |
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| Helmut Bohlens | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[30] | Pilot in the 5./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 122[27][Note 18] | 21 June 1943*[27][Note 18] | Killed in action 19 April 1943[27] | — |
| Erwin Bohlken | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel[30] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzer-Regiment 1[27][30] | 17 March 1945[30] | — |
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| Theodor Bohlmann-Combrinck | Heer | 17-HOberst[30] | Commander of Schützen-Regiment 111[27][30] | 8 August 1941[30] | — |
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| Wolfgang Bohn | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[30] | Commander of the III./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 8[27][30] | 9 December 1944[30] | — |
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| Hans Bohnenkamp | Heer | 15-HMajor of the Reserves[30] | Commander of the III./Artillerie-Regiment 295[30][31] | 22 January 1943[30] | — |
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| Wilhelm Bohnstedt | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor[30] | Commander of the 32. Infanterie-Division[30][31] | 13 October 1941[30] | — |
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| Heinrich Boigk+ | Heer | 06-HOberjäger[30] | Group leader of the 2./Jäger-Regiment 49[30][31] | 5 May 1943[30] | Awarded 370th Oak Leaves 18 January 1944[30] | |
| Hans Reichsfreiherr von Boineburg-Lengsfeld | Heer | 17-HOberst[30] | Commander of the 4. Schützen-Brigade[30][31] | 19 July 1940[30] | — |
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| Arthur Boje | Heer | 17-HOberst[30] | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 134[30][31] | 5 February 1942[30] | — |
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| Johannes Boje | Heer | 17-HOberst[32] | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 37[31][32] | 11 January 1944[32] | — |
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| Dipl.-Ing. Ernst Bolbrinker | Heer | 15-HMajor[32] | Commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 5[32][33] | 15 May 1941[32] | — |
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| Gerhard Boldt | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[32] | Leader of the 3./Divisions-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 158[31][Note 19] | 18 April 1943[32] | — |
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| Burghardt Bollmann | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[32] | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 1038[31][32] | 5 November 1944*[32] | Killed in action 21 October 1944[31] | — |
| Fred Bollmann | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor of the Reserves[32] | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Kampfgeschwader 55[31][32] | 29 October 1944[32] | — |
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| Hermann-Ernst Bolm | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[32] | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 434[31][32] | 20 April 1944[32] | — |
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| Walter von Boltenstern | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor[32] | Commander of the 29. Infanterie-Division (motorized)[31][32] | 13 August 1941[32] | — |
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| [Dr.] Hans Bonath[Note 20] | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[32] | Staffelkapitän of the Wettererkundungsstaffel 27[31][32] | 26 March 1944[32] | — |
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| Hans Bonertz | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[32] | Leader of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 46[31][32] | 27 March 1942[32] | — |
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| Dietrich-Siegwart von Bonin | Heer | 14-HRittmeister of the Reserves[32] | Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21[31][32] | 18 February 1945[32] | — |
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| Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann[32] | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1[31][32] | 5 February 1944[32] | — |
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| Hubertus von Bonin | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor[32] | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 52[31][32] | 21 December 1942[32] | — |
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| Georg Bonk+ | Heer | 04-HObergefreiter[34] | Machine gunner in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 365[31][34] | 17 August 1943[34] | Awarded 492nd Oak Leaves 9 June 1944[34] | — |
| Friedrich Bonnke | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[34] | Chief of the 3./Flak-Regiment 42 (motorized)[31][34] | 6 December 1944[34] | — |
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| Friedrich Bonte | Kriegsmarine | 17-MKapitän zur See[34] | Führer der Zerstörer (leader of the destroyers) and of Kampfgruppe Narvik[31][34] | 17 October 1940*[34] | Killed in action 10 April 1940[31] | — |
| Wilhelm Book | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[34] | Leader of the 10./Infanterie-Regiment 6[31][34] | 26 November 1941[34] | — |
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| Johann Boos | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel[34] | Pilot in the 9./Kampfgeschwader 55[31][Note 21] | 9 October 1943[34] | — |
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| Joachim Boosfeld | Waffen-SS | 13-WSS-Obersturmführer[34] | Chief of the 4./SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 16 "Florian Geyer"[31][Note 22] | 21 February 1945[34] | — |
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| Alfred Bopp | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[34] | Chief of the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 216[34][35] | 21 December 1940[34] | — |
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| Alhard Freiherr von der Borch | Heer | 14-HRittmeister[34] | Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 115[34][35] | 19 August 1944[34] | — |
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| Erich Borchardt | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel[34] | Leader of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 122[34][35] | 17 March 1944[34] | — |
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| Helmut Borchardt+ | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier[34] | Group leader of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 409[34][35] | 30 April 1943[34] | Awarded 828th Oak Leaves 14 April 1945[34] | — |
| Herbert Borchardt | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[34] | Shock troops leader in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 189[34][36] | 20 March 1944[34] | — |
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| Robert Borchardt | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[37] | Chief of the Panzerspäh-Kompanie/Aufklärungs-Abteilung (motorized) 341[35][37] | 23 August 1941[37] | — |
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| Adolf Borchers | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann[37] | Staffelkapitän of the 11./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"[35][37] | 22 November 1943[37] | — |
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| Hermann Borchers | Waffen-SS | 14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer[37] | Leader of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 19 "Hohenstaufen"[35][Note 23] | 16 October 1944[37] | — |
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| Walter Borchers | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor[37] | Geschwaderkommodore of Nachtjagdgeschwader 5[35][Note 24] | 27 July 1944[35][Note 24] | — |
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| Ernst Borchert | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[37] | Chief of the 1./Infanterie-Regiment 29 (motorized)[35][37] | 29 September 1941[37] | — |
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| Wilhelm Borchert | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[37] | Leader of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 121[35][Note 25] | 11 March 1943[37] | — |
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| Hans-Georg Borck | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[37] | Chief of the 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 209[35][37] | 23 December 1943[37] | — |
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| Walter Bordellé | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[37] | Pilot in the 5./Transportgeschwader 2[35][37] | 26 March 1944[37] | — |
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| Eberhard von Boremski | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel[37] | Pilot in the 7./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"[35][Note 26] | 3 May 1942[37] | — |
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| Heinrich Borgmann+ | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[37] | Chief of the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 46[36][37] | 19 July 1940[37] | Awarded 71st Oak Leaves 11 February 1942[37] | — |
| Max Bork?[Note 27] | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant[35] | Commanding general of Korps "Bork"[35][Note 28] | 11 May 1945[35] | — |
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| Dr.-Ing. Ernst Bormann+ | Luftwaffe | 16-LOberstleutnant[37] | Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 76[35][37] | 5 October 1941[37] | Awarded 119th Oak Leaves 3 September 1942[37] | — |
| Ernst Born | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel[37] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 2[35][37] | 21 April 1944*[37] | Killed in action 27 March 1944[35] | — |
| [Dr.] Heinrich Born[Note 20] | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[39] | Leader of the 4./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 104[35][39] | 14 April 1945[39] | — |
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| Gerd von Born-Fallois | Heer | 15-HMajor[39] | Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Lehr-Abteilung 130[35][39] | 2 January 1945[39] | — |
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| Rolf Bornemann | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant[35][Note 29] | In the Stab I./Flaksturm-Regiment 5 (motorized)[35][Note 29] | 17 April 1945[39] | — |
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| Rudolf Bornhof | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[39] | Leader of the 1./Jäger-Regiment 38[35][39] | 3 May 1942[39] | — |
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| Walter Bornschein | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[39] | Pilot in the II./Kampfgeschwader 2[35][39] | 24 September 1942[39] | — |
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| Willibald Borowietz+ | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant[39] | Commander of Schützen-Regiment 10[35][39] | 24 July 1941[39] | Awarded 235th Oak Leaves 10 May 1943[39] | — |
| Hermann von Borries | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant[39] | Leader of Infanterie-Regiment 46[39][40] | 3 May 1942[39] | — |
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| Karl Borris | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor[39] | Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"[39][40] | 25 November 1944[39] | — |
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| Joachim Borrmann | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[39] | Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 427[39][40] | 13 October 1943[39] | — |
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| Georg Bose | Heer | 12-HLeutnant[39] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 177[39][40] | 21 September 1944[39] | — |
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| Jobst-Hilmar von Bose | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant[40][Note 30] | Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 289[39][40] | 4 December 1941[39] | — |
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| Karl-Heinz Boska | Waffen-SS | 13-WSS-Obersturmführer[39] | Adjutant of the II./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich"[40][Note 31] | 16 December 1943[39] | — |
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| Wolfgang von Bostell+ | Heer | 12-HLeutnant[41] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Panzerjäger-Sturmgeschütz-Kompanie 1023[40][Note 32] | 2 September 1944[41] | Awarded (859th) Oak Leaves 30 April 1945[41] | — |
| Kuno-Hans von Both | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie[41] | Commanding general of the I. Armeekorps[40][41] | 9 July 1941[41] | — |
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| Paul Both | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel[41] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 411[40][41] | 23 December 1942[41] | — |
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| Walter Botsch?[Note 33] | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant[42] | Acting leader of the LVIII. Panzerkorps[42][Note 34] | 9 May 1945[42] | — |
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| Alfred Bottler | Heer | 15-HMajor[41] | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 200 (motorized)[40][41] | 3 November 1944[41] | — |
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| Albrecht von Boxberg | Heer | 15-HMajor[41] | Commander of the II./Panzer-Regiment 3[40][41] | 7 February 1944[41] | — |
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| Günter Braake | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[41] | Deputy leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 422[40][41] | 27 August 1944[41] | — |
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| Albert Brachat | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel[41] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Infanterie-Regiment 14[40][41] | 4 July 1940[41] | — |
— |
| Dr.-agrar. Hermann Bracher | Heer | 17-HOberst[41] | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 460[40][41] | 23 August 1943[41] | — |
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| Dr.-jur. Bruno Freiherr von Brackel | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[41] | Leader of the 3./Panzer-Regiment 15[40][41] | 23 August 1941*[41] | Killed in action 13 August 1941[40] | — |
| Ernst-Joachim Bradel | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant[41] | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 113[40][41] | 15 December 1943[41] | — |
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| Walter Bradel | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann[41] | Staffelkapitän of the 9./Kampfgeschwader 2[40][41] | 17 September 1941[41] | — |
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| Kurt Brändle+ | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann[43] | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"[40][43] | 1 July 1942[43] | Awarded 114th Oak Leaves 27 August 1942[43] | — |
| Bruno Bräuer | Luftwaffe | 17-LOberst[43] | Commander of Fallschjäger-Regiment 1[40][43] | 24 May 1940[43] | — |
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| Kai Bräundle-Schmidt | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[43] | Regiment adjutant of Grenadier-Regiment 501[40][Note 35] | 26 March 1944[43] | — |
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| Otto Brakat | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier[43] | Group leader in the 2./Radfahr-Abteilung 1[40][43] | 27 July 1941[43] | — |
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| Bernhard Brambrink | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[43] | Leader of the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 97[40][43] | 1 September 1943[43] | — |
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| Heinrich Bramesfeld | Kriegsmarine | 17-MKapitän zur See[43] | Leader of the 2. Sicherungs-Division[43][44] | 21 January 1943[43] | — |
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| Hans-Joachim Brand | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[43] | Staffelkapitän of the 1./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77[43][44] | 5 December 1943[43] | — |
— |
| Erich Brandenberger+ | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor[43] | Commander of the 8. Panzer-Division[43][44] | 15 July 1941[43] | Awarded 324th Oak Leaves 12 November 1943[43] | |
| Johannes Brandenburg | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[43] | Staffelführer of the 2./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[44][Note 36] | 18 September 1940[43] | — |
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| Max Brandenburg | Luftwaffe | 09-LFeldwebel[43] | Pilot in the 5./Kampfgeschwader 101[43][44] | 11 June 1944[43] | — |
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| Ernst Brandes | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[43] | Leader of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 9[43][44] | 5 March 1945[43] | — |
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| Walter Brandes | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[43] | Commander of the II./Panzer-Regiment 25[43][44] | 28 October 1944[43] | — |
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| Albrecht Brandi+ | Kriegsmarine | 14-MKapitänleutnant[45] | Commander of U-617[44][45] | 21 January 1943[45] | Awarded 224th Oak Leaves 11 April 1943 66th Swords 9 May 1944 22nd Diamonds 24 November 1944[45] |
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| Josef Brandner+ | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[45] | Commander of Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 912[46][Note 37] | 17 March 1943[45] | Awarded (846th) Oak Leaves 26 April 1945?[47][Note 38] | — |
| Kaspar Brandner | Heer | 06-HOberjäger[45] | Group leader in the 8./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 91[44][45] | 28 October 1944[45] | — |
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| Franz Brandt | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel[45] | Shock troops leader in the II./Grenadier-Regiment 953[44][45] | 30 September 1944[45] | — |
— |
| Friedrich Brandt | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[45] | Chief of the 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 39[44][45] | 20 August 1942[45] | — |
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| Gerhard Brandt | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[45] | Chief of the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 202[44][45] | 12 December 1944[45] | — |
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| Dr.-med. Günther Brandt | Kriegsmarine | 15-MKorvettenkapitän of the Reserves[45] | Chief of the 21. U-Jagd-Flottille[44][45] | 23 December 1943[45] | — |
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| Hans-Georg Brandt | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant[45] | Leader of Infanterie-Regiment 577[44][45] | 22 January 1943*[45] | Killed in action 4 January 1943[44] | — |
| Hans-Otto Brandt | Heer | 12-HLeutnant[44][Note 39] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 10./Infanterie-Regiment 67[44][45] | 21 August 1941[45] | — |
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| Heinz Brandt | Heer | 11-HStabsfeldwebel[45] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 1124[44][45] | 5 March 1945*[45] | Killed in action 19 February 1945[44] | — |
| Heinz Brandt | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[45] | Company leader in the Panzergrenadier-Regiment 103[44][Note 40] | 6 May 1945[45] | — |
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| Paul Brandt | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel[49] | Pilot in the IV./Jagdgeschwader 54[44][49] | 5 September 1944[49] | — |
— |
| Walter Brandt | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel[49] | Pilot in the I./Jagdgeschwader 77[46][Note 41] | 24 March 1943[49] | — |
— |
| Walter Brandt | Heer | 15-HMajor[49] | Commander of Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 130[49][50] | 18 July 1944[49] | — |
|
| Günther Bransch | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[49] | Commander of Divisions-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 392 (kroatische)[51][Note 42] | 9 December 1944[49] | — |
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| Paul Brasack | Kriegsmarine | 14-MKapitänleutnant[49] | Commander of U-737[49][50] | 30 October 1944[49] | — |
|
| Rudi Brasche | Heer | 04-HObergefreiter[49] | Group leader in the 4./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 93[49][50] | 9 November 1942[49] | — |
— |
| Karl Brassert | Heer | 17-HOberst[49] | Kampfkommandant (combat commander) Marienburg[52][Note 43] | 10 February 1945[49] | — |
— |
| Walther von Brauchitsch | Heer | 21-HGeneraloberst[49] | Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres (Commander-in-Chief of the Army)[49][50] | 30 September 1939[49] | — |
|
| Walter Brauer | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[49] | Chief of the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Grenadier-Regiment 507[50][Note 44] | 10 September 1944[49] | — |
— |
| Alfred Braun | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel[49] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 544[49][50] | 12 August 1944*[49] | Killed in action 15 July 1944[50] | — |
| Christian Braun+ | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel[49] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 308[50][Note 45] | 15 July 1944[49] | Awarded 677th Oak Leaves 9 December 1944[49] | — |
| Rudolf Braun | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant[49] | Staffelführer of the 1./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3[49][50] | 14 June 1941[49] | — |
— |
| Wilhelm Braun | Heer | 15-HMajor[53] | Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 576[50][53] | 20 January 1943[53] | — |
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| Willi Braun | Luftwaffe | 09-LFahnenjunker-Feldwebel[53] | Observer in the 4./Kampfgeschwader 55[50][53] | 9 June 1944[53] | — |
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| Hans-Günther Braun von Stumm | Heer | 14-HRittmeister[53] | Leader of Divisions-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 100[50][Note 46] | 20 July 1942*[53] | Died in accident 15 September 1941[50] | — |
| [Dr.] Herward Braunegg[Note 20] | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[53] | Pilot and observer in the Nahaufklärungs-Gruppe 9[50][Note 47] | 28 March 1944[50][Note 47] | — |
— |
| Erich Brauneis | Kriegsmarine | 16-MFregattenkapitän[53] | Chief of the 24. Landungsflottille[50][53] | 28 December 1944[53] | — |
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| Eugen Brecht | Heer | 15-HMajor im Generalstab (in the General Staff)[53] | Ib (quartermaster general) of the 131. Infanterie-Division[50][53] | 3 October 1943[53] | — |
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| Wilhelm Bredemeier | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel[53] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 12.(MG)/Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 91[50][Note 48] | 9 November 1942[53] | — |
— |
| Franz Bredemeyer | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel[53] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Infanterie-Regiment 156 (motorized)[50][53] | 23 August 1943[53] | — |
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| Hermann Breer | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier[53] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 78[50][53] | 8 August 1944*[53] | Killed in action 19 July 1944[50] | — |
| Werner Breese | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann[53] | Pilot in the 5.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 122[50][Note 49] | 29 February 1944[53] | — |
— |
| Josef Bregenzer+ | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[53] | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 245[50][53] | 20 April 1943[53] | Awarded 427th Oak Leaves 17 March 1944[53] | — |
| Claus Breger+ | Heer | 11-HStabsfeldwebel[53] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Infanterie-Regiment 27[50][53] | 4 September 1942[53] | Awarded 700th Oak Leaves 14 January 1945[53] | — |
| Gerhard Brehme | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel[54] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzer-Abteilung 52[54][55] | 23 August 1943*[54] | Died of wounds 17 July 1943[55][Note 50] | — |
| Gustav Brehmer | Heer | 15-HMajor of the Reserves[54] | Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 271[54][55] | 9 December 1944[54] | — |
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| Rudolf Brehmer | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant[54] | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 347[54][55] | 22 February 1942[54] | — |
— |
| Friedrich-Wilhelm Breidenbach | Heer | 15-HMajor[54] | Leader of the Panzer-Brigade 101[54][55] | 30 September 1944[54] | — |
— |
| Hermann Breith+ | Heer | 17-HOberst[54] | Commander of the 5. Panzer-Brigade[54][55] | 3 June 1940[54] | Awarded 69th Oak Leaves 31 January 1942 48th Swords 21 February 1944[54] |
|
| Fritz Breithaupt+ | Kriegsmarine | 15-MKorvettenkapitän of the Reserves[54] | Chief of the 12. Minensuchflottille[54][55] | 3 August 1941[54] | Awarded 387th Oak Leaves 10 February 1944[54] | — |
| Gerhard Bremer+ | Waffen-SS | 13-WSS-Obersturmführer[54] | Leader of the 1.(Kradschützen)/Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[54][56] | 30 October 1941[54] | Awarded 668th Oak Leaves 26 November 1944[54] | — |
| Oskar Bremermann?[Note 51] | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel[55] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 209[55] | 9 May 1945[55] | — |
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| Josef Bremm+ | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[54] | Chief of the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 426[54][56] | 18 February 1942[54] | Awarded 165th Oak Leaves 23 December 1943[54] (159th) Swords 9 May 1945?[57][Note 52] |
|
| Albert Brendel | Heer | 17-HOberst[54] | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 274[54][55] | 20 January 1943[54] | — |
— |
| Hans Brendel | Heer | 17-HOberst[54] | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 689[54][55] | 7 December 1942[54] | — |
— |
| Joachim Brendel+ | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[54] | Staffelkapitän of the 1./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"[54][55] | 22 November 1943[54] | Awarded 697th Oak Leaves 14 January 1945[54] | — |
| Peter Brenig | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier[58] | Group leader in the Regiments-Pionier-Zug/Grenadier-Regiment 669[55][58] | 15 June 1944*[58] | Killed in action 23 March 1944[55] | — |
| Kurt Brennecke | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie[58] | Commanding general of the XXXXIII. Armeekorps[55][58] | 12 July 1942[58] | — |
— |
| Wilhelm Brennecke | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel[58] | Pilot in the Stab II./Kampfgeschwader 55[55][58] | 26 March 1944[58] | — |
— |
| Gerhard Brenner | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant of the Reserves[58] | Pilot in the 2.(K)/Lehrgeschwader 1[55][58] | 5 July 1941[58] | — |
— |
| Dr. Dr. Harro Brenner | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[58] | Leader of the Infanterie-Kompanie "De Kaste"[56][Note 53] | 16 April 1943[58] | — |
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| Karl-Heinrich Brenner | Waffen-SS | 19-WSS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS[55][Note 54] | Commander of 6. SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord"[55][58] | 27 December 1944[58] | — |
|
| Gerhard Brentführer | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[55][Note 55] | Chief of the 4.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 9[55][Note 55] | 4 October 1944[58] | — |
— |
| Heinz Bretnütz | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann[58] | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Jagdgeschwader 53[55][58] | 21 October 1940[55][Note 56] | — |
— |
| Heinz Bretschneider | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberwachtmeister[58] | Battery officer in the I./Flak-Regiment 13 (motorized)[55][Note 57] | 3 February 1943[58] | — |
— |
| Klaus Bretschneider | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant[58] | Pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 300[59][Note 58] | 18 November 1944[58] | — |
— |
| Konrad Brettschneider | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[58] | Leader of the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 904[58][59] | 1 February 1945[58] | — |
— |
| Hans Bretz?[Note 59] | Heer | 10-HOberfähnrich[59] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Panzer-Vernichtungs-Brigade Oberschlesien[59] | 6 May 1945[59] | — |
— |
| Peter-Paul Breu | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann[61] | Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Kampfgeschwader 3 "Lützow"[59][61] | 2 October 1942[61] | — |
— |
| Helmuth Breuker | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[61] | Commander of the I./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 141[59][61] | 26 November 1944[61] | — |
— |
| Hans Briegel | Luftwaffe | 15-LMajor[59][Note 60] | Leader of Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 "Hermann Göring"[59][61] | 14 January 1945[61] | — |
— |
| Georg Briel | Heer | 15-HMajor[61] | Commander of Heeres-Flak-Bataillon 606[62][Note 61] | 23 July 1942[61] | — |
— |
| Kurt von Briesen | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant[61] | Commander of the 30. Infanterie-Division[59][61] | 27 October 1939[61] | — |
|
| Dr.-Ing. Karl-Friedrich Brill+ | Kriegsmarine | 15-MKorvettenkapitän of the Reserves[61] | Commander of Minenschiff Cobra and leader of a mine laying group[59][Note 62] | 27 December 1941[61] | Awarded 330th Oak Leaves 18 November 1943[61] | — |
| Kurt Brill | Heer | 15-HMajor[61] | Deputy leader of Grenadier-Regiment 956[59][61] | 4 July 1944[61] | — |
— |
| Friedrich Brinckmann | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[61] | Pilot in the 6.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 122[59][Note 63] | 30 December 1943[59][Note 63] | — |
— |
| Hubert Brinkforth | Heer | 03-HGefreiter[61] | Richtschütze (gunner) in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Infanterie-Regiment 25[59][Note 64] | 7 March 1941[61] | — |
— |
| Helmuth Brinkmann | Kriegsmarine | 19-MVizeadmiral[61] | Kommadierender Admiral Schwarzes Meer (commanding admiral of the Black Sea)[59][61] | 17 May 1944[61] | — |
— |
| Karl Britzelmayr | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant[61] | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 217[59][61] | 2 February 1942[61] | — |
— |
| Achim von Britzke | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[59][Note 65] | Chief of Panzerjäger-Sturmgeschütz-Kompanie 1299[59][Note 65] | 23 October 1944[63] | — |
— |
| Hugo Broch | Luftwaffe | 09-LFeldwebel[63] | Pilot in the 8./Jagdgeschwader 54[59][63] | 12 March 1945[63] | — |
— |
| Cay-Lorenz Baron von Brockdorff | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[63] | Regiment adjutant of Panzer-Regiment 15[59][Note 66] | 14 April 1945[63] | — |
— |
| Ernst-Albrecht Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt | Heer | 14-HRittmeister[63] | Commander of Kradschützen-Bataillon 22[59][63] | 26 December 1942[63] | — |
— |
| Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt+ | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie[63] | Commanding general of the II. Armeekorps[62][63] | 15 July 1941[63] | Awarded 103rd Oak Leaves 27 June 1942[63] | — |
| Jürgen Brocke | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant[63] | Pilot in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 77[59][63] | 9 December 1942*[63] | Killed in action 15 September 1942[59] | |
| Dr. Karl Brocks | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[63] | Regiment adjutant of Grenadier-Regiment 123[59][Note 67] | 30 September 1944[63] | — |
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| Roland Brod | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[63] | Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 467[59][63] | 23 February 1944*[63] | Died of wounds 5 January 1944[59] | — |
| Heinrich Brodowski | Heer | 04-HObergefreiter[63] | Machine gunner in the 8.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 386[64][Note 68] | 18 December 1944[63] | — |
— |
| Wilhelm Bröckerhoff?[Note 69] | Heer | 15-HMajor[64] | Leader of Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment "Brandenburg"[64] | 8 May 1945[64] | — |
— |
| Wilhelm Broeffel | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[63] | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 502[63][64] | 14 November 1943[63] | — |
— |
| Jost Brökelmann | Kriegsmarine | 15-MKorvettenkapitän[63] | Chief of the 2. Räumbootflottille[63][64] | 14 June 1942[63] | — |
— |
| Herbert Broennle | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel[63] | Pilot in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 54[64][Note 70] | 14 March 1943[63] | — |
— |
| Karl Brösamle | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier[67] | Rifle leader in the 4.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 330[64][Note 71] | 26 June 1944[67] | — |
— |
| Eduard Brogsitter | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[67] | Staffelführer in the II./Kampfgeschwader 76[64][67] | 24 March 1943[67] | — |
— |
| Friedrich Freiherr von Broich | Heer | 17-HOberst[67] | Commander of the 24. Panzergrenadier-Brigade[67][68] | 29 August 1942[67] | — |
— |
| Peter Broich | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel[67] | Pilot in the 2./Kampfgeschwader 2[64][67] | 24 September 1942[67] | — |
— |
| Wilhelm Bromen | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant of the Reserves[64][Note 72] | Pilot and z.b.V. Offizier (officer for special deployment) in the 4./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[64][Note 72] | 16 April 1943[67] | — |
— |
| Karl Brommann | Waffen-SS | 12-WSS-Untersturmführer[67] | Leader of the 1./schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503[64][67] | 29 April 1945[67] | — |
— |
| Heinrich-Walter Bronsart von Schellendorff+ | Heer | 17-HOberst[67] | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 13[64][67] | 10 September 1943[67] | Awarded 394th Oak Leaves 12 February 1944[67] | — |
| Siegfried Brosow | Waffen-SS | 14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer[67] | Chief of the 1./SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon "Das Reich"[64][Note 73] | 13 November 1943[67] | — |
— |
| Paul Brucher | Heer | 12-HLeutnant[67] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Infanterie-Regiment 447[64][67] | 23 October 1941[67] | — |
— |
| Gerhard Bruchmann | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier[67] | Group leader in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 12[64][67] | 6 August 1943[67] | — |
— |
| Helmut Bruck+ | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann[67] | Staffelkapitän of the 1./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77[64][Note 74] | 4 September 1941[67] | Awarded 193rd Oak Leaves 19 February 1943[67] | — |
| Victor Bruck | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[69] | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 376[64][69] | 20 October 1944[69] | — |
— |
| Johann Brucker | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant[69] | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 959[64][69] | 5 April 1945[69] | — |
— |
| Walter Brucker | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[69] | Leader of the III./Jäger-Regiment 56[64][69] | 16 April 1943[69] | — |
— |
| Heinrich Brücker | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann[69] | Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[64][69] | 22 June 1941[64][Note 75] | — |
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| Otto-Hermann Brücker | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor[69] | Commander of the 6. Volks-Grenadier-Division[64][69] | 14 April 1945[69] | — |
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| Erich von Brückner | Heer | 17-HOberst[69] | Commander of Jäger-Regiment 1 "Brandenburg"[64][69] | 11 March 1945[69] | — |
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| Wilhelm Brückner | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier[69] | Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Infanterie-Regiment 253[64][Note 76] | 5 October 1941[69] | — |
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| Wolfgang Brückner | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[69] | Staffelkapitän of the 3./Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"[64][69] | 5 December 1943*[69] | Killed in action 14 July 1943[64] | — |
| Heinrich Brüggemann | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel[69] | Kompanietruppführer (company headquarters leader) in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 178[64][69] | 5 April 1945[69] | — |
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| Karl Brüggemann | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier[69] | Group leader in the Stabskompanie/Infanterie-Regiment 5[69][70] | 28 November 1940[69] | — |
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| Friedrich-August Graf von Brühl | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[69] | Chief of the 8./Panzer-Regiment 2[69][71] | 3 November 1942[69] | — |
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| Walter Brüning | Heer | 12-HLeutnant[70][Note 77] | Company chief in the III./Infanterie-Regiment 508[70][Note 77] | 12 January 1942[69] | — |
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| Alfred Bruer | Heer | 17-HOberst[72] | Commander of Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 155[71][72] | 30 July 1942[72] | — |
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| Josef Bruetsch | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier[72] | Group leader in the 1./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 305[70][72] | 17 March 1945[72] | — |
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| Hans Bruhn | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[72] | Chief of the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 90[71][72] | 29 December 1942[72] | — |
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| Johannes Bruhn | Heer | 17-HOberst[72] | Artilleriekommandeur 149[71][72] | 20 December 1943[72] | — |
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| Derk-Elsko Bruins | Waffen-SS | 04-WSS-Rottenführer[72] | Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 1./SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 54 "Nederland"[71][Note 78] | 23 August 1944[72] | — |
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| Edgar Brunk | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[72] | Chief of the 2./Füsilier-Regiment 202[71][72] | 3 July 1944[72] | — |
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| Albert Brunner | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel[72] | Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 5[70][72] | 3 July 1943*[72] | Killed in action 7 May 1943[71] | |
| Eduard Brunner+ | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[72] | Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 62[71][72] | 27 February 1944[72] | Awarded 638th Oak Leaves 28 October 1944[73][Note 79] | — |
| Arthur Bruns | Heer | 15-HMajor[72] | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 245[71][72] | 3 April 1943*[72] | Killed in action 4 February 1943[71] | — |
| Dr.-jur. Axel Bruns | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[72] | Leader of the 7./Artillerie-Regiment 241[71][72] | 29 August 1943[72] | — |
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| Diedrich Bruns | Heer | 15-HMajor of the Reserves[72] | Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 16[70][72] | 9 August 1942[72] | — |
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| Gustav-Adolf Bruns | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant[72] | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 74[71][72] | 15 October 1942[72] | — |
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| Karl-Heinz Brunsiek | Heer | 12-HLeutnant[71][Note 80] | Leader of the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 43[71][74] | 5 April 1945[74] | — |
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| Fritz Brutscher | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[74] | Leader of the 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 92[70][74] | 22 January 1943[74] | — |
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| Albert Brux+ | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[74] | Commander of the I./Schützen-Regiment 66[71][74] | 12 September 1941[74] | Awarded 504th Oak Leaves 24 June 1944[74] | — |
| Fritz Buchenau | Heer | 15-HMajor[74] | Commander of Fahnenjunker-Regiment 4 of the Artillerie-Schule II Groß-Born[71][Note 81] | 28 March 1945[74] | — |
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| Hans Buchholz | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant of the Reserves[74] | Pilot in the 1./Kampfgeschwader 40[71][74] | 24 March 1941[74] | — |
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| Helmut-Wolfgang Buchler | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[74] | Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 204[71][74] | 6 January 1942*[74] | Killed in action 10 December 1941[71] | — |
| Franz Buchner | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[74] | Chief of the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 30 (motorized)[71][74] | 2 October 1941[74] | — |
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| Hermann Buchner | Waffen-SS | 14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer[74] | Commander of the III./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5 "Totenkopf"[75][Note 82] | 16 June 1944[74] | — |
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| Hermann Buchner | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel[74] | Pilot in the 6./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[75][Note 83] | 20 July 1944[74] | — |
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| Max Bucholz[Note 84] | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[74] | Staffelkapitän in the I./Jagdgeschwader 3[75][Note 84] | 12 August 1941[74] | — |
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| Ernst-Georg Buchterkirch+ | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[74] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Regiment 6[74][75] | 29 June 1940[74] | Awarded 44th Oak Leaves 31 December 1941[74] | |
| Albert Buck | Heer | 17-HOberst[74] | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 305[74][76] | 17 July 1941[74] | — |
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| Friedrich Buck | Waffen-SS | 09-WSS-Oberscharführer[77] | Leader of the 5./SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 15 "Florian Geyer"[75][Note 85] | 27 January 1945[77] | — |
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| Wilhelm Buck | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant[77] | Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2[75][77] | 31 July 1943[77] | — |
— |
| Karl Buckel | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[77] | Chief of the 3./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 277[75][77] | 15 July 1944[77] | — |
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| Kurt Budäus | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[75][Note 86] | Machine gun Zugführer (platoon leader) in the I./Infanterie-Regiment 307[75][77] | 21 December 1940[77] | — |
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| Georg Budahl | Heer | 12-HLeutnant[77] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 121[75][77] | 21 September 1944[77] | — |
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| Franz Budka | Waffen-SS | 12-WSS-Untersturmführer[77] | Leader of the 1./SS-Festungs-Regiment 1 "Besslein"[75][Note 87] | 19 April 1945[77] | — |
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| Bruno Büchau | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[77] | Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 159[75][77] | 19 August 1944[77] | — |
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| Hermann Büchting | Kriegsmarine | 14-MKapitänleutnant[77] | Commander of Schnellboot S-27 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille[75][Note 88] | 22 April 1943[77] | — |
— |
| Hermann Bühlbecker | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[77] | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 436[75][77] | 23 August 1944[77] | — |
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| Karl-Heinz Bühler?[Note 89] | Waffen-SS | 16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer[76] | Commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania"[76] | 6 May 1945[76] | — |
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| Kurt Bühligen+ | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel[77] | Pilot in the II./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen"[75][Note 90] | 4 September 1941[77] | Awarded 413th Oak Leaves 2 March 1944 88th Swords 14 August 1944[77] |
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| Karl-August Freiherr von Bülow | Heer | 17-HOberst[77] | Commander of Panzer-Regiment 24[75][77] | 12 December 1944[77] | — |
— |
| Otto von Bülow+ | Kriegsmarine | 14-MKapitänleutnant[79] | Commander of U-404[75][79] | 20 October 1942[79] | Awarded 234th Oak Leaves 26 April 1943[79] | — |
| Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp | Luftwaffe | 16-LOberstleutnant of the Reserves[79] | Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen"[75][79] | 22 August 1940[79] | — |
— |
| Alfred Bülowius | Luftwaffe | 17-LOberst[79] | Geschwaderkommodore of (K)Lehrgeschwader 1[75][Note 91] | 4 July 1940[79] | — |
|
| Rudolf von Bünau+ | Heer | 17-HOberst[79] | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 133[79][80] | 15 August 1940[79] | Awarded 766th Oak Leaves 5 March 1945[79] | — |
| Rudolf von Bünau | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[79] | Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 9[79][80] | 8 August 1943[79] | — |
— |
| Hans Büntemeyer | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[79] | Commander in the II./Grenadier-Regiment 399[79][80] | 18 February 1945[79] | — |
— |
| Wilhelm Bürgel | Heer | 10-HOberwachtmeister[79] | Battery officer in the 5./Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 8[79][80] | 29 February 1944[79] | — |
— |
| Albert Bürger | Luftwaffe | 13-LOberleutnant[80][Note 92] | In the Stab 4. Flak-Division[79][80] | 17 April 1945[79] | — |
— |
| Otto Bürger | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[79] | Chief of the 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3[79][80] | 14 April 1945[79] | — |
— |
| Thomas Bürger | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[81][Note 93] | Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 528[81][Note 93] | 4 March 1942[79] | — |
— |
| Wilhelm Bürgerhoff | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel[79] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 166[79][80] | 5 May 1943[79] | — |
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| Ulrich Bürker | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant im Generalstab (in the General Staff)[79] | Ia (operations officer) of the 10. Panzer-Division[79][80] | 19 January 1943[79] | — |
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| Dr. Nikolaus Büsen | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann[82] | Staffelführer of the 1./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 122[80][Note 94] | 4 September 1942*[82] | Died of wounds 14 June 1942[80] | — |
| Otto Büsing | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant[82] | Commander of Panzer-Regiment 39[80][82] | 21 November 1942[82] | — |
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| Wilhelm Büsing | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[82] | Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 280[80][82] | 28 February 1945[82] | Died 16 April 1945 | — |
| Arthur Büssecke | Luftwaffe | 06-LUnteroffizier[82] | Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 2./Flak-Regiment 49 (motorized)[80][82] | 23 December 1942[82] | — |
— |
| Hans Bütow | Kriegsmarine | 17-MKapitän zur See[82] | Führer der Torpedoboote (leader of torpedo boats)[80][82] | 12 March 1941[82] | — |
— |
| Franz Büttner | Heer | 04-HObergefreiter[82] | Group leader in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 67[80][82] | 18 December 1944[82] | — |
— |
| Manfred Büttner?[Note 95] | Luftwaffe | 09-LFahnenjunker-Feldwebel[80] | Leader of the 2./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 26[80] | 29 April 1945[80] | — |
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| Ernst Buffa | Luftwaffe | 19-LGeneralleutnant[82] | Commander of the 12. Flak-Division (motorized)[80][82] | 5 September 1944[82] | — |
|
| Martin Buhr | Heer | 15-HMajor[82] | Commander of Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 202[80][82] | 11 September 1943[82] | — |
— |
| Rudolf de Buhr | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier[82] | Group leader in the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 76 (motorized)[80][82] | 2 October 1943[82] | — |
— |
| Rudolf Buhse | Heer | 16-HOberstleutnant[82] | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 47[80][82] | 17 August 1942[82] | — |
— |
| Hans Bujak | Heer | 09-HFeldwebel[82] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 10./Grenadier-Regiment 7[80][82] | 27 August 1944[82] | — |
— |
| Otto Bukatschek | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier[82] | Group leader in the 10./Schützen-Regiment 52[80][82] | 24 July 1941[82] | — |
— |
| Ludwig Bulla | Luftwaffe | 16-LOberstleutnant[86] | Commander of Flak-Regiment 164 (motorized)[80][86] | 11 June 1944[86] | — |
— |
| Herbert Bullinger | Heer | 14-HRittmeister[86] | Commander of the II./Kavallerie-Regiment 5 "Feldmarschall von Mackensen"[80][86] | 1 February 1945[86] | — |
— |
| Karl Bulmahn | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[86] | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 1126[86][87] | 31 January 1945[86] | — |
— |
| Robert Bumen | Luftwaffe | 09-LFeldwebel[86] | Pilot in the 1./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77[87][Note 96] | 29 October 1944[86] | — |
— |
| Walter Bund | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier[86] | Group leader in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 669[86][87] | 20 October 1944[86] | — |
— |
| Heinz Bundesmann | Heer | 12-HLeutnant[87][Note 97] | Leader of the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 88[86][87] | 14 January 1945[86] | — |
— |
| Kurt Bundrock | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel[86] | Radio/wireless operator in the Stab/Nachtjagdgeschwader 1[87][Note 98] | 30 June 1944[87][Note 98] | — |
— |
| Ernst Bunge | Heer | 14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[86] | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 121[87][Note 99] | 16 November 1943[86] | — |
— |
| Hellmut Bunge | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[86] | Leader of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Feldherrnhalle"[86][87] | 1 February 1945[86] | — |
— |
| Fritz Bunse | Waffen-SS | 15-WSS-Sturmbannführer[86] | Commander of SS-Freiwilligen-Pionier-Bataillon 11 "Nordland"[87][Note 100] | 30 January 1944[86] | — |
— |
| Johannes Bunzek | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant[86] | Pilot in the 7./Jagdgeschwader 52[86][87] | 6 April 1944*[86] | Killed in action 11 December 1943[87] | — |
| Hans Bunzel | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel[86] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzer-Abteilung 116[86][87] | 10 February 1943[86] | — |
— |
| Willi Bunzel | Heer | 15-HMajor[88] | Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 426[87][88] | 11 October 1941[88] | — |
— |
| Hans Burbach | Heer | 06-HUnteroffizier[88] | Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 41[87][88] | 18 November 1943[88] | — |
— |
| Dipl.-Ing. Heinrich Burchard![Note 101] | Luftwaffe | 19-LGeneralleutnant[87] | Commander of the 7. Flak-Division[87] | 31 October 1944[87] | — |
— |
| Theodor Burchardi+ | Kriegsmarine | 19-MVizeadmiral[88] | Commanding Admiral Ostland[87][88] | 29 September 1944[88] | Awarded 823rd Oak Leaves 8 April 1945[88] | |
| Lutz-Wilhelm Burckhardt[Note 102] | Luftwaffe | 12-LLeutnant[89] | Pilot in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 77[87][Note 102] | 15 October 1942[89] | — |
— |
| Karl Burdach | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant[88] | Commander of the 11. Infanterie-Division[87][88] | 23 February 1944[88] | — |
— |
| Jörg Burg+ | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[88] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Abteilung 18[87][88] | 3 March 1943[88] | Awarded 604th Oak Leaves 4 October 1944[88] | — |
| Wilhelm Burgdorf | Heer | 17-HOberst[88] | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 529[87][88] | 29 September 1941[88] | — |
— |
| Alfred Burgemeister?[Note 103] | Heer | 17-HOberst[87] | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 524[87] | 2 May 1945[87] | — |
— |
| Georg Burgfeld | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[88] | Chief of the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Divisions-Gruppe 112[87][Note 104] | 21 February 1944[88] | — |
— |
| Max Burghartswieser | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel[88] | Shock troops leader in the 7./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100[87][88] | 9 July 1941[88] | — |
— |
| August Burgholte | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel[88] | Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzer-Abteilung 102[88][91] | 9 December 1944[88] | — |
— |
| Gert Burgmann | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[88] | Chief of the 1./Sturm-Bataillon AOK 4[88][91] | 18 December 1944*[88] | Killed in action 26 October 1944[91] | — |
| Dr.-jur. Curt von Burgsdorff | Heer | 15-HMajor of the Reserves[88] | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 580[88][91] | 2 April 1943[88] | — |
— |
| Ewald Burian | Heer | 17-HOberst[88] | Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 980[88][91] | 4 October 1944[88] | — |
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| Fritz Burkhardt | Heer | 13-HOberleutnant[89] | Chief of the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 417[89][91] | 17 April 1945[89] | — |
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| Arnold Burmeister | Heer | 18-HGeneralmajor[89] | Leader of the 25. Panzergrenadier-Division[89][91] | 14 January 1945[89] | — |
— |
| Hans-Jürgen Burmester | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[89] | Commander of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 509[89][91] | 2 September 1944[89] | — |
— |
| Leonhard Burr | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel[89] | Radio operator in the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77[91][Note 105] | 30 November 1944[89] | — |
— |
| Gustav-Adolf Bursche | Heer | 12-HLeutnant[89] | Leader of the 6./Infanterie-Regiment 90[89][91] | 13 October 1941[89] | — |
— |
| Reinhard Burst | Heer | 15-HMajor[89] | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 111[89][91] | 12 August 1944[89] | — |
— |
| Ernst Busch+ | Heer | 20-HGeneral der Infanterie[89] | Commander-in-Chief of the 16. Armee[89][91] | 26 May 1940[89] | Awarded 274th Oak Leaves 21 August 1943[89] | |
| Hans Busch | Heer | 15-HMajor[89] | Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 4[89][91] | 10 September 1944[89] | — |
— |
| Rudolf Busch | Luftwaffe | 10-LOberfeldwebel[89] | Pilot in the 1./Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 121[91][Note 106] | 9 June 1944[89] | — |
— |
| Walter Busch | Heer | 12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[89] | Leader of the 1./Infanterie-Bataillon z.b.V. 561[89][91] | 14 October 1943[89] | — |
— |
| Walter Busch | Luftwaffe | 14-LHauptmann[89] | Chief of the 1./Flak-Regiment 2 (motorized)[89][91] | 9 June 1944[89] | — |
— |
| Karl Busche | Heer | 17-HOberst[91][Note 107] | Commander of Jäger-Regiment 228[91][Note 107] | 28 February 1943[92] | — |
— |
| Erich Buschenhagen+ | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant[92] | Commander of the 15. Infanterie-Division[91][92] | 5 December 1943[92] | Awarded 521st Oak Leaves 4 July 1944[92] | { |
| Friedrich-Wilhelm Buschhausen | Heer | 15-HMajor[92] | Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 69[91][92] | 9 May 1943[91][Note 108] | — |
— |
| Wilhelm Buss | Heer | 10-HOberfeldwebel[92] | Panzer commander in the 1./Panzer-Regiment 31[91][92] | 9 December 1944[92] | — |
— |
| Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[92] | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 9[91][92] | 7 March 1944[92] | — |
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| Heinrich Busse+ | Heer | 15-HMajor[92] | Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 328[91][92] | 26 March 1944[92] | Awarded 637th Oak Leaves 28 October 1944[92] | — |
| Theodor Busse | Heer | 19-HGeneralleutnant[92] | Chief of the Generalstab of Heeresgruppe Süd[91][92] | 30 January 1944[92] | — |
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| Wilhelm Busse | Heer | 15-HMajor[92] | Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 82[91][92] | 12 March 1944[92] | — |
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| Žanis Butkus | Waffen-SS | 14-WWaffen-Hauptsturmführer[92] | Leader of the 10./SS-Feld-Ersatz-Bataillon 19[93][Note 109] | 21 September 1944[92] | — |
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| Pius Butz | Heer | 06-HOberjäger[92] | Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 16.(Infanteriegeschütz)/Jäger-Regiment 228[94][Note 110] | 6 March 1944[92] | — |
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| Werner Buxa | Heer | 14-HHauptmann[92] | Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 44[92][94] | 23 March 1945[92] | — |
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- Großadmiral and President of Germany Karl Dönitz, Hitler's successor as Head of State (Staatsoberhaupt) and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, had ordered the cessation of all promotions and awards as of 11 May 1945 (Dönitz-decree). Consequently the last Knight's Cross awarded to Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves Georg-Wolfgang Feller on 17 June 1945 must therefore be considered a de facto but not de jure hand-out.[2]
- For an explanation of the various naming schemes used by the Luftwaffe, Heer, Kriegsmarine and Waffen-SS refer to nomenclature used by the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.
- According to Scherzer as commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 22.[17]
- According to Scherzer as a Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 13./Grenadier-Regiment 162.[26]
- According to Scherzer on 27 July 1944 as Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 27.[26]
- According to Scherzer as a leader in the 2. Schwadron/Feldersatz-Abteilung 89.[28]
- According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän of the 10./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders".[28]
- According to Scherzer as General der Luftwaffe beim Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres und Inspekteur der Aufklärenden-Flieger im Reichsluftfahrtministerium (General of the Luftwaffe with the Supreme High Command of the German Army and Inspector of the Reconnaissance Flyers with the Ministry of Aviation).[30]
- The brackets around the doctor title [Dr.] denotes that the academic title was attained after the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded.
- According to Scherzer as a pilot in the 9.(Eis)/Kampfgeschwader 55.[34]
- According to Scherzer on 29 October 1944 as Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Nachtjagdgeschwader 5.[37]
- According to Scherzer as leader of the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 121.[37]
- According to Scherzer as a pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet".[37]
- Max Bork's nomination by his unit was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) on 13 April 1945 via the Reichsführer-SS. Major Joachim Domaschk requested the explanatory statement from the Commander-in-Chief of AOK 1 via teleprinter message on 14 April 1945. He renewed his request on 5 May 1945. Domasck noted this in the book of "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" (Awarded Knight Crosses). In parallel the HPA received a second nomination by his unit, approved by all intermittent commanding officers, on 28 April 1945. This nomination apparently never made it to Major Domaschk. Both nominations by his unit fail to indicate further evidence that the nomination was processed or approved. The presentation date is an assumption of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Bork was a member of the AKCR.[38]
- According to Scherzer as commander of the 47. Volksgrenadier Division.[38]
- According to Scherzer as Leutnant of the Reserves and aide-de-camp in the Stab I./Flaksturm-Regiment 5.[39]
- According to Scherzer as Oberstleutnant (Ergänzungsoffizier—supplementary officer).[39]
- Walter Botsch's nomination by his unit was already received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) on 27 October 1944, forwarded for approval on 3 November 1944 and apparently deferred. The file card notes in the field for the presentation: "see folder for further leadership reports". A second nomination by his unit, most likely related to a different act of bravery or leadership skills, according to the file card was received by the HPA on 5 April 1945. The book of "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" (Awarded Knight Crosses) states "deferred" because Botsch was considered missing in action on 16 April 1945. A nomination of the HPA with number 5082 was created. According to the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) the award was presented in accordance with the Dönitz-decree. This is illegal according to the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) and lacks legal justification. The presentation date was assigned by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel.[38]
- According to Scherzer as adjutant of Grenadier-Regiment 501.[43]
- According to Scherzer as Staffelführer of the 2./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2.[43]
- No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. According to Josef Brandner's own account he received the Oak Leaves from the commanding general of the XXXVIII. Armeekorps, General der Artillerie Kurt Herzog in the Courland Pocket. He did not mention a date for the presentation. Presumably pictures showing him with Oak Leaves exist. The Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) assumes a direct presentation from Berlin. The presentation date is also an assumption by the AKCR. A presentation of the Oak Leaves only four to five weeks after the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross is very unlikely. The German Federal Archives holds numerous records of nominations which have been rejected on the grounds that a high-ranking military award had just been presented. Brandner was a member of the AKCR.[48]
- According to Scherzer as a pilot in the 2./Jagdgeschwader 77.[49]
- According to Scherzer as commander Festung (fortress) Marienburg.[49]
- Oskar Bremermann's nomination by his unit was received on 19 April 1945. The Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) did not create an internal nomination request. The existing file card in the German Archives is not contemporary! This card states: "nominated on 20 April 1945, forwarded by Major Joachim Domaschk on 28 April yes". The book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" (Awarded Knight Crosses) states approval by Domaschk "Knight's Cross yes". No further evidence of the presentation can be found. According to the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) the award was presented in accordance with the Dönitz-decree. This is illegal according to the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) and lacks legal justification. The presentation date was assigned by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel. Bremermann was a member of the AKCR.[48]
- Josef Bremm's nomination by his unit was rejected by Major Joachim Domaschk on 30 April 1945 and instead recommended for the German Cross in Gold. Just like all other nominations, which at this point in time were related to members of the 11. Armee, the nomination was not further processed since the 11. Armee had capitulated on 21 April 1945 and presentations to prisoners of war or missing in action were prohibited. In all other instances of similar circumstances a note on the nomination can be found stating: "postpone AOK 11" or "postpone according to AHA 44 Ziff. 572 (Allgemeines Heeresamt — General Army Office)". The entry date noted on the nomination list for the higher grades of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross is 28 April 1945. The list indicates a note "deferred". The Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) claims that the award was presented in accordance with the Dönitz-decree. This is illegal according to the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) and lacks legal justification. The sequential number "159" was assigned by the AKCR. The presentation date was assigned by Fellgiebel. Bremm was a member of the AKCR.[48]
- According to Scherzer as leader of the infantry company in the Kampfstaffel [Kasta] of the Heeresgruppe Afrika.[58]
- According to Scherzer as SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Police.[58]
- According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and chief of the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 9.[58]
- According to Scherzer as a pilot in the 5.(Sturm)/Jagdgeschwader 300.[58]
- No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. According to Walther-Peer Fellgiebel the presentation was made by Feldmarschall Ferdinand Schörner in accordance with the enabling act of 3 May 1945, which is incorrect, because Schörner wrote to Hans Bretz on 27 June 1955 that "in the last days of the month April 1945 the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was presented." Scherzer argues that this seems to have been a favour to Bretz because there was no communication link into the Führerhauptquartier at the end of April. The Order Commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) processed this case in 1982. What evidence was analyzed and processed is unknown to Scherzer. Scherzer speculates that this was based on Schörner's favour to Bretz and the AKCR decided: Knight's Cross "yes on 27 April 1945". Apparently the AKCR later were unconvinced and changed the date to 6 May 1945. Scherzer posed the question if this was done in order to declare the bestowal as a Schörner presentation. Scherzer was denied access to files, which could help clarify the case, of the AKCR on the grounds of the Bundesarchivgesetz (German Archive Law). Bretz had been a member of AKCR but left the AKCR.[60]
- No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. According to Wilhelm Bröckerhoff's own account the presentation was noted in his pay book.[65] The files of the Order Commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) indicate that the former divisional commander, General Hermann Schulte-Heuthaus, in 1961 remembered that he had nominated Bröckerhoff for the Knight's Cross sometime between the middle and end of March 1945. Also noted in the files of the AKCR is that Bröckerhoff's pay book was missing when Von Seemen had asked for Bröckerhoff for a copy. An additional intermittent commander, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Panzer-Korps "Großdeutschland" General Georg Jauer, stated in 1961 "that he cannot remember this case" and "that he doesn't know when the Knight's Cross was approved and when the presentation was made." Jauer also stated that "he has no doubt that after the nomination was made and submitted—as stated by Schulte-Heuthaus—that Major Bröckerhoff would have received the Knight's Cross." The nomination was definitely not received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office)—as stated by Von Seemen—nor rejected by the HPA. Karl Dönitz, who received Jauer's letter, accepted Jauer's assumption. Dönitz wrote to Bröckerhoff: "Everything is alright!" and testified on 18 April 1961 to have awarded Bröckerhoff "the Knight’s Cross on 8 May 1945". Bröckerhoff was a member of the AKCR.[66]
- According to Scherzer as a pilot in the 2./Jagdgeschwader 54.[63]
- According to Scherzer as Leutnant (war officer) and pilot in the I./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann".[67]
- According to Scherzer as Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77.[67]
- According to Scherzer as a pilot in the II./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann".[74]
- According to Scherzer his name is spelled Max Buchholz who received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as a pilot in the Stab I./Jagdgeschwader 3.[74]
- According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant of the Reserves.[77]
- According to Scherzer as leader of the 1./SS-Festungs-Regiment "Besslein"/Festung Breslau (fortress Breslau).[77]
- According to Scherzer as commander of Schnellboot S-27 respectively S-51 in the 1. Schnellbootflottille.[77]
- No evidence of the award to Karl-Heinz Bühler can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was presumably awarded by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich, which would make it an unlawful presentation. The Order Commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) processed this case in 1977 and decided: Knight's Cross no, 1 May 1945. The case Bühler was again processed in the fall of 1983. Whether or not additional or new evidence materialized remains unknown. The Order Commission decided this time: Knight's Cross yes, 8 May 1945. Von Seemen lists him on 7 May 1945, Krätschmer states 1 May 1945. Fellgiebel later re-dated the award on 6 May 1945. It remains subject to speculation why this was done. Bühler was a member of the AKCR.[78]
- According to Scherzer as Geschwaderkommodore of Lehrgeschwader 1.[79]
- According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant of the Reserves.[79]
- According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant and leader of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 528.[79]
- According to Scherzer as Staffelführer of the Aufklärungsstaffel 1.(F)/122.[82]
- No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. Gerhard von Seemen in his second edition of the Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 from 1976 quotes that Manfred Büttner is listed by Böhmler Fallschirmjäger, 1. Auflage.[83] Walther-Peer Fellgiebel states about Büttner in his book: "Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients exist, who do not have official evidence in the Federal Archives, but are members of the Bundeswehr and claimed to be Knight's Cross recipients. This claim in some cases was investigated by the Militärischer Abschirmdienst (MAD—Military Counterintelligence Service ) and accepted." Büttner was a member of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).[84][85]
- According to Scherzer as a pilot in the Stab I./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77.[86]
- According to Scherzer on 24 June 1944 in the Stab/Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 [for his achievements as a radio/wireless operator with Geschwaderkommodore Major Werner Streib].[86]
- According to Scherzer as leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 121.[86]
- Walther-Peer Fellgiebel has struck Heinrich Burchard from the list of Knight's Cross recipients. He noted that Burchard never received the Knight's Cross but the German Cross in Gold on 15 March 1943 instead.[6]
- According to Scherzer his name is Ludwig-Wilhelm Burkhardt who received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as a pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 77.[89]
- In 1956 Mr. Steuer, formerly the chief of Heerespersonalamt/P 5 (HPA—Army Staff Office), found a machine written Knight's Cross presentation document dated 2 May 1945 from General der Gebirgstruppe Rudolf Konrad (commanding general of the LXVIII. Armeekorps) on behalf of the Commander-in-Chief of Heeresgruppe Süd, in the personal files at the Federal Ministry of Defence of Alfred Burgemeister. Steuer had sent a copy of this document to the department "III C5" at Federal Ministry of Defence, commenting that: "this documented is to be amended to the personal files of Oberst a.D. Burgemeister in which a presentation of the Knight's Cross is not noted." The presentation, according to this document, which was made on 2 May 1945 and "on behalf of" is therefore illegal. Burgemeister was a member of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).[90]
- According to Scherzer as a radio operator in the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77.[89]
- According to Scherzer as Oberstleutnant and leader of a Kampfgruppe in the 101. Jäger-Division and commander of Jäger-Regiment 228.[92]
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