Oberstleutnant der Reserve Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz (Kommandeur I.Abteilung / Panzer-Regiment 2 / 16.Panzer-Division) after receiving the Eichenlaub #144 for his Ritterkreuz, personally bestowed by Hitler (Strachwitz formally received it on 13 November 1942). The medal was given for the role his Abteilung played in the Division's battles near Stalingrad in August of 1942, with following actions in particular being worthy of note: 1) The armoured battles on 7-8 August 1942, where the Division destroyed 275 Soviet tanks. 2) Reaching the Don river in two places on 15-17 August 1942. 3) The thrust towards the Volga river north of Stalingrad, beginning on 23 August 1942. In this advance the Abteilung overran 37 Soviet firing positions. 4) The defensive battle in the same area (especially around Hill 126). In a four day battle the 31 Panzers of the Abteilung destroyed 105 hostile tanks without loss.
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