Knight's Cross, Oak-Leaves and Swords Recipients 1941-45

By Gordon Williamson

Book Overview

Osprey's survey of the recipients of the Knight's Cross and Oak-Leaves and Swords awards during World War II (1939-1945). On 21 June 1941, as the Wehrmachtstormed forward across the frontiers of the Soviet Union, Hitler instituted a new higher grade of the Knight's Cross decoration for gallantry and leadership: the silver clasp of the Oak-Leaves with Swords. It would be awarded to only 159 men of the approximately 15 million who served in the German armed forces during World War II. This third in a sequence of four titles describes and illustrates a selection of the recipients: from much-wounded front line infantry officers, to Hitler's 'brother-in-law'; from a sergeant pilot fighter ace, to the commanding general of the greatest tank force ever gathered on the Russian Front.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841766437
• ISBN13: 9781841766430
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.2" x 9.6"