Schwerter award ceremony for Oberstleutnant Theodor Tolsdorff (Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 1067 / Heeresgruppe Mitte) with Adolf Hitler (Führer und Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht), which were held at the Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze in Rastenburg, East Prussia, between 18-20 July 1944. Tolsdorff rerecived the Schwerter #80 for his Ritterkreuz on 18 July 1944 for his achievements during the Soviet operation Bagration, where he took over command of a scratch force of alert and leave companies, Grenadier-Regiment 1067. He was first ordered to break through to the garrison at Vilnius, which he succeeded in doing (on the way rescuing a German field hospital with 3,000 wounded men). He then took part in the city's defense, later breaking out with other units when a narrow corridor had been created by German relief forces. He and his men had distinguished themselves during the time they defended the city, so much so that Tolsdorff was christened "The Lion of Vilnius" by German propaganda!
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