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Saturday, May 13, 2023

Ritterkreuz Action of Ulrich Gunzert

Ulrich Gunzert (8 July 1915 - 12 October 2000) received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 20 December 1941, as Oberleutnant and Chef 3.Kompanie / Pionier-Bataillon 258 / 258.Infanterie-Division. Description: “Received for leading a bold defense against the strong attacking power of a Bolshevik unit. He established a connection with cut off German forces and at this point in the fight the German unit’s has succeeded. Oberleutnant Gunzert was born in 1915 in German East Africa; He received his military training in Upper Bavarian with a Pionier Battalion. In the course of the Russian campaign he destroyed a Bolshevik tank near Grodek with a concentrated charge, and carried out a successful scouting troop operation by making an independent decision to destroy an enemy bunker construction on the Djessna. Later, he also contributed to a flak position being conquered.”



Source :
http://ritterkreuztraeger.blogspot.com/2023/05/bio-of-oberleutnant-ulrich-gunzert-1915.html
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/45948/Gunzert-Ulrich.htm

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