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rdfs:comment | - Engelbert Bockhoff (17 May 1913 – 26 January 2010) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Engelbert Bockhoff was captured by American forces in May 1945. He joined the Bundeswehr in 1956, and retired in 1969 as an Oberstleutnant.
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Commands | - Panzergrenadier-Regiment 11
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Battles | - World War II
- - Battle of France
- - Battle of Kursk
- - Battle of Moscow
- - Battle of the Bulge
- - Battles of Rzhev
- - Falaise pocket
- - Invasion of Normandy
- - Invasion of Poland
- - Lower Dnieper Offensive
- - Operation Barbarossa
- - Ruhr Pocket
- - Siege of Leningrad
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abstract | - Engelbert Bockhoff (17 May 1913 – 26 January 2010) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Engelbert Bockhoff was captured by American forces in May 1945. He joined the Bundeswehr in 1956, and retired in 1969 as an Oberstleutnant.
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