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MAJOR RUDOLF WITZIG
Major Rüdolf Witzig, the Capturer of Eben Emael, Fallschirmjäger on all fronts
This book presents the story of the famous Major Witzig, born 14 August 1916, officer cadet on 1 April 1935, commander of the Engineers section in the Fallschirm-Infanterie-Battailon in August 1938 with whom he captured the fort of Eben-Emael at dawn on 10 May 1940 taking 1200 Belgian soldiers with his 55 paratroopers. Awarded the Ritterkreuz, he jumped into Crete where he was seriously wounded. He then commanded a battalion of paratroopers in Tunisia and on the Eastern Front. He was awarded Oak leaves. After the war, he was a colonel in the Bundeswehr.
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Data sheet
- Cover
- Hardcover
- Written in
- French
- Format
- 21 x 29x7 cm
- nombre de pages
- 80
- Author(s)