Robert Frank (SS officer)

For other people named Robert Frank, see Robert Frank (disambiguation).
Robert Frank
Born 18 October 1910
Erlangen, Bavaria
Died 13 April 1944(1944-04-13) (aged 33)
Tarnopol, Ukraine
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Waffen-SS
Years of service 1934–44
Rank Sturmbannführer
Unit SS-VT
SS Division Totenkopf
9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Iron Cross I Class
Iron Cross II Class

Robert Frank (18 October 1910 – 13 April 1944) was a Sturmbannführer (Major) in the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. This was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.

War Service

Robert 'Adolf' Frank was born on the 18 October 1910, in Erlangen, Germany. He volunteered to join the SS-VT and during World War II served with the SS Division Totenkopf during the early campaigns in command of the 6th Company. He was awarded the Iron Cross II class during the Battle of France in June 1940. He next took part in Operation Barbarossa the invasion of the Soviet Union and was awarded the Iron Cross I class in July 1941. On the formation of the 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen he took over command of the II./Battalion, 20th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment on the 4 April 1944.

Killed in Action

Robert Frank was killed in action on the 13 April 1944 near Tarnopol in the Ukraine and awarded a posthumous Knight's Cross.

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. 


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