Karl Baxmann

Karl Baxmann
Born	13 November 1919 Rössing
Died	10 January 2004 (aged 84) Söhlde
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1937–45
Rank	Hauptmann
Commands held	II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 73
Battles/wars	World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Battle of Kursk Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation Battle of Kiev (1943) Lower Dnieper Offensive Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive Hube's Pocket Lublin–Brest Offensive Lower Silesian Offensive Prague Offensive
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Karl Baxmann (13 November 1919 – 10 January 2004) was a highly decorated Hauptmann 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 recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Karl Baxmann was captured by British troops in May 1945 and was released in August 1945.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (9 November 1939)
  • 1st Class (2 July 1941)
• Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (3 January 1942)
• Panzer Badge (23 April 1942)
• Eastern Front Medal
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 May 1944 as Oberleutnant and commander of II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 73^[1][2]

References

Citations

1. Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 125, 485.
2. Scherzer 2007, p. 207.

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

• World War 2 Awards.com
• Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• Ritterkreuztraeger 1939-1945