Vogel, Emil
- Date of birth:
- July 20th, 1894 (Zwickau, Germany)
- Date of death:
- October 1st, 1985 (Mülheim, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- June 11th, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 25th, 1916
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. März 1938
- Awarded on:
- November 8th, 1938
- Awarded on:
- August 15th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 25th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 20th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst i.G.
- Unit:
- Generalkommando XX. Armeekorps
- Awarded on:
- April 25th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 7th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 14th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Commander 101. Jäger Division
- Awarded on:
- August 7th, 1943
1) Opening up the basin of Kurinskij on the road to Tuapse (03.10.1942).
2) Personally leading the III./Grenadier-Regiment 419 during its counterattack against Soviet forces that had broken into the southern corner of Kulturnyj, and their subsequent destruction (09.02.1943).
3) Crushing the Soviet bridgehead east of Ssakataj (night of 29./30.04.1943).
4) The annihilation of the Soviets who had broken into the Adagut position at Kesslerovo (01.05.1943).
5) Recapturing the keystone of the division's sector of defense, Hill 121.4, and successfully holding it against strong enemy forces supported by tanks and aircraft (26.05.1943).
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 29th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Commander 101. Jäger Division
- Awarded on:
- May 14th, 1944
475th award
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
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