Ziegler, Gerhard-Georg (Grenadier-Regiment 353)
- Date of birth:
- May 2nd, 1896 (Rastatt/Baden, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 13th, 1982 (Putzleinsdorf/Upper Austria, Austria)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major der Reserve (Major of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Führer, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 374, 207. Sicherungs-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- August 28th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant der Reserve (Lieutenant-colonel of Reserves)
- Unit:
- Führer, Grenadier-Regiment 353, 205. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- February 12th, 1944
“Oberstleutnant d. R. Gerhard Ziegler… was sent to deal with an enemy penetration northwest of Newel during the middle of January 1944. Despite being deployed in isolation he was nonetheless able to halt the Soviet onslaught with bold counterthrusts of his own. He ultimately managed to hold the enemy at bay here until friendly reinforcements eventually arrived.”
Sources
- Photo 1:
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Der Führer: Das Hauptorgan der NSDAP Gau Baden
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