SS Iron Knight was a bulk carrier that was built in Scotland in 1937 for the Australian Broken Hill Pty, Ltd (BHP) to carry iron ore. A Japanese submarine...
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SS Iron Knight may refer to: SS Iron Knight (1937), the first Iron Knight of BHP Shipping SS Venissieux, later the second Iron Knight of BHP Shipping...
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Fritz Darges (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
a German SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) in the Waffen-SS during World War II where he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He...
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The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (Ritterkreuz), and its variants, were the...
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Johannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves)
Waffen-SS officer and divisional commander during World War II who led SS Division Wiking. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with...
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Desiderius Hampel (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) and was possibly awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz), the highest award in the military and paramilitary...
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Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves)
the SS Division Polizei, VI SS Army Corps (Latvian) and the IX SS Mountain Corps of the Waffen-SS; he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
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Otto Baum (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords)
commander (Oberführer) of the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi...
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SS Iron Chieftain was a bulk carrier that was built in Scotland in 1937 for the Australian Broken Hill Pty, Ltd (BHP) to carry iron ore. A Japanese submarine...
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Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves)
October 1939) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 31 March 1942 as SS-Brigadeführer, Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS and commander of the SS-Division "Das...
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September 1942 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 3 March 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment...
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Gustav Knittel (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
was a Sturmbannführer (major) in the SS Division Leibstandarte (LSSAH) who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Sentenced to life imprisonment...
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Hermann Fegelein (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords)
the Waffen-SS in the SS-Kavallerie-Division Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight's Cross on 2 March 1942 as SS-Standartenführer...
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Franz Augsberger (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
30 May 1942 as SS-Sturmbannführer in the SS-Infanterie-Regiment 7 (motorized) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 March 1945 as SS-Brigadeführer and...
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Oskar Dirlewanger (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
final promotion, to the rank of SS-Oberführer, on 15 August 1944. In October, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, recommended for it by...
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Werner Ostendorff (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves)
"Reich" Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 13 September 1941 as SS-Sturmbannführer and Ia (operations officer) of the SS-Division...
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Max Seela (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
(Obersturmbannführer) in the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Max Seela was born in 1911 at...
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Theodor Eicke (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves)
of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 26 December 1941 as SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS and commander of SS-Division...
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Sepp Dietrich (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds)
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...
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Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a member of the SS Division Charlemagne and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
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Curt von Gottberg (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
promoted to the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS and the Police. He was also awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The defeat...
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Michael Wittmann (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords)
1944, Wittmann was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The presentation was made by his divisional commander, SS-Oberführer Theodor Wisch, who...
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Hans Plesch (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
with the Wehrmacht in the Second World War and was awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross. Born in Wilhelmshaven, Plesch attended the gymnasium in...
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Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron 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...
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Ludolf Jakob von Alvensleben (category SS and Police Leaders)
the Clasp to the Iron Cross and the War Merit Cross, 2nd class. On 1 November 1942 he was assigned to police duties under the Higher SS and Police Leader...
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Dietrich Kraiss (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves)
German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. On 24 March 1909 Kraiss...
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Otto Winkelmann (category SS and Police Leaders)
1977) was a German police official, SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS who served as the Higher SS and Police Leader (HSSPF) in Hungary...
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Georg Preuß (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
April 1945 as SS-Hauptsturmführer in the III./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 February...
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Paul Maitla (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
commander in the German Waffen-SS during World War II. He is one of the four Estonians who received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He...
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Petre Dumitrescu (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves)
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...
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