Karl Langesee

Karl Langesee
Karl Langesee
Born	10 September 1910; Vilsbiburg
Died	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.; Augsburg
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933); Nazi Germany (to 1945)
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1928–45
Rank	Oberst
Commands held	Grenadier-Regiment 748
Battles/wars	World War II Invasion of Poland; Battle of France; Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Uman; Battle of Kiev (1941); Battle of the Caucasus; Battle of Rostov (1942); Lower Dnieper Offensive; Colmar Pocket;
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Karl Langesee (10 September 1910 – 4 March 1989) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (26 May 1940)^[1]
- 1st Class (30 October 1940)^[1]
Eastern Front Medal
Infantry Assault Badge
Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (20 October 1941)^[1]
German Cross in Gold on 28 February 1942 as Hauptmann in the II./Infanterie-Regiment 207^[2]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 10 August 1942 as Hauptmann and commander of II./Jäger-Regiment 207^[3]
- 211th Oak Leaves on 15 March 1943 as Major and commander of II./Jäger-Regiment 207^[4]

References

Citations

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Thomas 1998, p. 9.
↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 269.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 233.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 59.

Bibliography

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[Thomas_p9-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Thomas 1998, p. 9.

[2] Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 269.

[3] Fellgiebel 2000, p. 233.

[4] Fellgiebel 2000, p. 59.

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v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 97th Jäger Division (97th Light Infantry Division)
Stab	Maximilian Fretter-Pico¹ (Oak Leaves) Ludwig Müller² (Oak Leaves) Friedrich-Carl Rabe von Pappenheim Ernst Rupp
Infanterie/Jäger-Regiment 204	Helmut-Wolfgang Buchler Valentin Dietz Simon Freutsmiedl Georg Gebhardt³ (Oak Leaves) Friedrich Höhne (Oak Leaves) Paul Jacob Georg Klein Ewald Mertens Ernst Nobis (Oak Leaves) Josef Rotter Ernst Schnabl
Infanterie/Jäger-Regiment 207	Ludwig Fleischmann Josef Kastner Bruno Kohnz (Oak Leaves) Karl Langesee (Oak Leaves) Josef Leopoldsberger Hermann Linder Eberhard Mergner Friedrich-Wilhelm Otte Karl Philippi Josef Schneider (Oak Leaves) Karl Ziegler
Artillerie-Regiment 81	Willy Apitz Gerhard Hoppe Herbert Horten Hermann Schmidt
Aufklärungs-Abteilung 97	Friedrich Gaeb
Pionier-Bataillon 97	Bernhard Brambrink Hans Pfeiffer
¹Oak Leaves with XXX. Armeekorps. ²Oak Leaves with the XXIX Armeekorps. ³Oak Leaves with Sturm-Regiment 195 (78th Volks-Sturm-Division)

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Karl Langesee
Born	(1910-09-10)10 September 1910 Vilsbiburg
Died	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Augsburg
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945)
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1928–45
Rank	Oberst
Commands held	Grenadier-Regiment 748
Battles/wars	World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Uman Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of the Caucasus Battle of Rostov (1942) Lower Dnieper Offensive Colmar Pocket
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves