Albert Ahrens

Albert Ahrens
Born	25 May 1917 Anderbeck/Oschersleben
Died	10 March 1982(1982-03-10) (aged 64) Dinslaken
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Rank	Leutnant
Unit	Panzerjäger-Abteilung 31
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Albert Ahrens (25 May 1917 – 10 March 1982) was a highly decorated Leutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 January 1945 as Oberfeldwebel and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzerjäger-Abteilung 31^[1]^[2]

References

Citations

↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 114.
↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 189.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 31st Infantry Division

Stab	Gerhard Berthold Willifrank Ochsner

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 12	Gerhard Bruchmann Ernst König (Oak Leaves) Wilhelm Preussler Martin Wandersleb

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 17	Wilhelm Ahrens Otto Chowanetz Joachim von Stolzmann

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 82	Wilhelm Busse Friedrich Hoßbach¹ (Oak Leaves) Wilhelm Kirschenmann Wilhelm Lasse Gerhard Lemke Heinrich Lodtka Kurt Möhring Hugo Schwede Simon Sturm Walther Wallowitz Eberhard Wolfram

Panzerjäger-Abteilung 31	Albert Ahrens

Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 31	Harald Scheuermann

Pionier-Bataillon 31	Hugo Deventer Helmut Kalbitz² (Oak Leaves)

¹ Oak Leaves with LVI Panzer Corps ² Knight's Cross with Pionier-Bataillon 125 (125th Infantry Division).

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