Georg Hurdelbrink

Georg Hurdelbrink
Born 6 October 1919
Altenmelle
Died 26 August 2002 (2002-08-27) (aged 82)
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Waffen-SS
Years of service 1940–45
Rank Obersturmführer
Unit 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Iron Cross I Class
Iron Cross II Class
Panzer Badge
Wound Badge
War Merit Cross II class with swords

Georg Hurdelbrink (6 October 1919 — 26 August 2002) was an Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant) in the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Georg Hurdelbrink was born on the 16 October 1919 in Altenmelle near Niedersachsen. During World War II he volunteered to join the Waffen SS and was commissioned in April 1942. was the commander of the 1st Battery, 12th SS Panzerjäger Battalion, 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. he was awarded the Knight's Cross for his bravery and leadership of the 1st Battery during the Allied offensive Operation Totalise and around Hill 111 against the 10th Polish Armoured Brigade, the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade and the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division.[1] Hurdlebrink survived the war and died on the 26 August 2002.[2][3]

References

Further reading

  • 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. 
  • Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). Retreat to the Reich : the German defeat in France, 1944. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3384-7. 
  • Fey, Will; Henschler, Henri (2003). Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-2905-5. 
  • Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). The German Defeat in the East, 1944–45. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3371-7. 
  • Meyer Hubert, The 12th SS: The History of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division, Stackpole Books, 2005.ISBN 0811731987
  • Reynolds, Michael (1997). Steel Inferno: I SS Panzer Corps in Normandy. Spellmount. ISBN 1-873376-90-1


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