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Arendt, Kurt Dietrich Paul (Panzer-Abteilung 5)

Date of birth:
October 8th, 1917 (Danzig/West Prussia, Germany)
Date of death:
January 9th, 1945 (near Bitsch/Alsace-Lorraine, Germany)
Buried on:
German War Graves Gleiszellen-Gleishorbach
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
31.08.1938: Leutnant
19.07.1940: Oberleutnant
12.03.1943: Hauptmann
00.00.1945: Major (posthumously)

Career:
23.09.1944-07.11.1944: Hauptmann, Kdr, Panzer-Abteilung 2107
08.11.1944-09.01.1945: Hauptmann, Kdr, Panzer-Abteilung 5

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 2nd, 1939
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 1st, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 18th, 1941
in silver
Panzerkampfabzeichen (ohne Zahl)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 30th, 1944
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Kommandeur, Panzer-Abteilung 5, 25. Panzergrenadier-Division
Awarded on:
February 24th, 1945
On the 09.01.1945 the Panzer-Abteilung of Hauptmann Arendt was involved in an attack on the city of Hatten while under the command of Kampfgruppe Huss,. The first German attacks from the southeast met heavy fire and bogged down. Arendt thus redirected his armoured group to the north and attacked from the northeast, and was able to break the Allied resistance in that part of the city. However later that same day Arendt was killed in battle. Even so his success was duly noted and he was posthumously awarded the Knight’s Cross.

Posthumously awarded.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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