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Oberstleutnant Walther Neuer (1910-1999) was born on 9 February 1910 in Pankow near Berlin in Brandenburg, Germany, and died on 21 December 1999 in Burgwedel in Lower Saxony. He joined the police in 1931, was promoted to Polizeileutnant in 1934, and transferred in 1935 to Infanterie-Regiment 84 of the Heer, taking part in the campaigns in Poland, France and Russia. He advanced steadily through the ranks to Oberleutnant in 1937, Hauptmann in 1940 and Major in 1942. As Major and Führer of a Kampfgruppe formed from alarm units of various Wehrmacht branches in the Ploesti oil region of Romania in the autumn of 1944, following Romania’s change of sides and the collapse of German positions there, he assumed command in a desperate situation after local leadership had failed; when many men prepared to surrender he rallied approximately two thousand soldiers, refused to abandon their weapons, and led them on a grueling multi-day foot march northward through the Carpathians without maps or compass, successfully extracting the force from encirclement and bringing it to safety on Hungarian soil near Klausenburg, an action for which he was awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 5 November 1944. Later promoted to Oberstleutnant, he received the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 29 April 1945 as Kommandeur of Panzer-Abteilung 118 of the 18. Panzergrenadier-Division. Near the end of the war he was taken prisoner by Soviet forces in the Ketzin-Nauen area and remained in captivity until 1950. After his release he joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired on 31 March 1966 as Oberstleutnant and Kommandeur of Verteidigungskreiskommando 452 in Mainz. He was buried on 28 December 1999. In this picture, Major Neuer is wearing Luftwaffe Fallschirmschützeabzeichen, while he served in the Heer Panzertruppen!
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Oberleutnant
Viktor Lindemann (1916-1942) was born on 23 November 1916 in Koblenz in
the Rhine Province of Germany and served as an officer in the Heer
during the Second World War. As Leutnant and Adjutant of the III.
Bataillon of Infanterie-Regiment 124 he was awarded the Ritterkreuz des
Eisernen Kreuzes on 21 September 1941 for his conduct during operations
on the Eastern Front in the opening phase of the German campaign against
the Soviet Union. He later received promotion to Oberleutnant and was
appointed Chef of the 4. Schwadron of Radfahr-Abteilung 72 in the 72.
Infanterie-Division. In addition to the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
he was decorated with the Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse and the Eisernes
Kreuz 2. Klasse. Lindemann was killed in action on 9 September 1942 near
Dubakino on the southern sector of the Eastern Front while serving in
his command role with the bicycle reconnaissance unit. The precise
action or series of actions that led to the award of his Ritterkreuz des
Eisernen Kreuzes is not described in detail in the available
biographical entries on the internet, which record only the date, his
rank and his assignment at the time of the bestowal.
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Oberleutnant
der Reserve Hans-Babo von Rohr (1922-1945) was born on 9 October 1922
in Wolletz in Brandenburg and entered the Panzerwaffe as a Fahnenjunker
in June 1941, being posted to the I. Abteilung of Panzer-Regiment 25 of
the 7. Panzer-Division as a tank commander. Promoted to Leutnant der
Reserve in early 1943, he earned the Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse on 6
December 1943 and the Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse on 28 January 1944 while
serving on the Eastern Front. As Zugführer of the 2. Kompanie / I.
Abteilung / Panzer-Regiment 25 he particularly distinguished himself
during the defensive battles for the Memel bridgehead between 10 and 14
October 1944 against superior Soviet armoured forces, and for these
actions he was awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 5
November 1944. Later taking over as Führer of the same Kompanie, he
continued to fight with exceptional success in East and West Prussia,
raising his personal total of destroyed enemy armoured vehicles to
fifty-eight, of which six were knocked out in close combat. On 14
February 1945 during the battle of Konitz a part of the armoured
Kampfgruppe of the 7. Panzer-Division, including the Panzer-Kompanie led
by Leutnant von Rohr, penetrated into the built-up area of the city,
attacked a Soviet tank group of the 3rd Guards Tank Corps from all sides
and completely destroyed it, thereby thwarting the enemy’s attempt to
break through to the north. In this engagement von Rohr personally
destroyed eight tanks with his own Panzer and two more in close combat
before being severely wounded; he died the following day from his
injuries. He was posthumously promoted to Oberleutnant der Reserve and
on 24 February 1945 received the 754th Eichenlaub to the Ritterkreuz for
his decisive leadership and bravery at Konitz. Hans-Babo von Rohr was
credited with destroying 58 armoured vehicles during World War II.
Source :
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