“Oooh, that’s a bingo!”, “Wait for the crème” and “AU REVOIR, SHOSANNA!” are three quotes that come directly to mind when we look at this piece. He is obviously…
Hauptmann Friedrich Konrad Winkler was the Kompanieführer (Company Commander) of the 6. Kompanie / Grenadier-Regiment 577 during the battles at Barrikady Gun Factory in Stalingrad. In…
Kurt Knispel’s record lists 168 confirmed tank kills, making him the most successful tank ace of WW2. On one occasion Knispel assaulted an officer who he saw was mistreating Soviet…
Angela is one of the most stoic, reliable and calm medical officers that the Wehrmacht has to offer.
Her “We will get through this” attitude is certainly her biggest strengths when she…
German Oberscharführer Fritz Christen “Pak of Dubrowka”
During the battle of Luzhno in Russia, Christen’s crew knocked out 6 attacking tanks. The next day their PaK38 (AT gun) took a hit killing all crew members and…
German Kommandant Oberst Wilhelm Klink & Oberfeldwebel Hans Georg Schultz
Oberst Wilhelm Klink is the Kommandant of a prisoner camp called Stalag 13 and he loves to point out on a regular basis that no prisoner has ever escaped…
German Fallschirmjäger Lieutenant – Erich LepkowskiErich Lepkowski became famous for “Lepkowski’s Prisonbreak”, which took place on 16 August 1944. During this raid on a POW camp, Lepkowski and his men went deep into…
German Fallschirmjäger Oberstleutnant – Walter Koch
Walter Koch was a highly decorated commander of the Fallschirmjäger during WWII. Koch’s group was responsible for spearheading the assault into Belgium to capture three…
German Fallschirmjäger Major Rudolf WitzigRudolf Witzig entered the history books as the heroic captor of Belgium’s supposedly impregnable fortress Eben Emael in May 1940.
Rudolf Witzig was involved in Operation Mercury, the…
At the age of 37 Heinz Harmel became the youngest man to ever become a Generalmajor and lead a Waffen SS-Division. Harmel was given command of the 10th SS-Panzardivision…
German Obersturmbannführer Otto SkorzenyOtto Skorzeny was an Austrian SS-Obersturmbannführer during WW2. He was involved in a string of operations, including the rescue mission for dictator Benito Mussolini. Skorzeny led…
German Hauptmann Günther ViezenzGünther Viezenz was a Hauptmann (Captain) of 10th Company, Grenadier-Regiment 7 of the 252nd Infantry-Division. No German soldier was awarded more Tank Destruction Badges than him: he destroyed…
German Haupsturmführer Fritz KlingenbergFritz Klingenberg was a German officer in the Waffen-SS who served with the SS Division Das Reich and was a commander of the SS Division Götz von Berlichingen. He was best known for his…
German Sturmmann Otto Funk & Grenadier Klaus SchuhSchuh and Funk were working together as a machine gun crew on the Western Front with the special SS unit, SS-Panzer-Division “Hitlerjugend” in the summer of 1944. Both were…