Werner Dallmann

Werner Dallmann
Born	7 April 1924 Wangerin
Died	February 1945 Budapest
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1942–45
Rank	Obersturmführer
Unit	22nd Volunteer cavalry Division Maria Theresia
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross I Class Iron Cross II Class

Werner Dallmann (7 April 1924 – February 1945) was an Obersturmführer (first lieutenant) in the Waffen-SS during World War II, who 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.

Obersturmführer Werner Dallmann was born in Wangerin, Pomerania on the 7 April 1924. During World War II he was the Adjutant of the 53rd SS Cavalry Regiment, 22nd Volunteer cavalry Division Maria Theresia when he was awarded the Knight's Cross in January 1945, just before he died of wounds sustained in the fighting for Budapest in February 1945.

Awards

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 January 1945 as SS-Untersturmführer and regiment adjutant of SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 53 "Florian Geyer"^{[1][Note 1]}

Notes

1. According to Scherzer as adjutant in SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 53.^[2]

References

Citations

1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 157.
2. Scherzer 2007, p. 265.

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.
• Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). Retreat to the Reich : the German defeat in France, 1944. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3384-7.
• Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). The German Defeat in the East, 1944–45. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3371-7.
• 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.