Germer, Ernst

Date of birth:: December 15th, 1917 (Nienburg an der Saale/Hannover, Germany)
Date of death:: October 13th, 1990 (Braunschweig/Lowersaxony, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Ernst Germer finally reached the rank of Oberleutnant.

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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Feldwebel
Unit:: 3. Kompanie, I. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1, 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: June 24th, 1943

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel
Unit:: Führer, Radfahr-Zug Stabskompanie, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3, 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:: October 29th, 1944

On one day in the second half of August 1944 the III./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 was forced to yield its positions between the Adriatic coastline and the Via Adriatika. In order to relieve the defenders Germer and his Radfahr-Zug were dispatched to the harbour area at Pesaro just before the break of dawn. The defending British was totally surprised, and several tanks in the harbour were destroyed by Germer’s men via Panzerfausts. Two British counterthrusts were also repulsed. By the time Germer’s Zug was ordered to pull back later that morning he had achieved an important success at the cost of just 1 heavily wounded and 4 lightly wounded men. He would receive the Knight’s Cross in recognition of this feat.