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  • Engelbert Bockhoff
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  • 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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serviceyears
  • 1956
  • ?–1945
Birth Date
  • 1913-05-17
Commands
  • Panzergrenadier-Regiment 11
Branch
death place
  • Cologne
Name
  • Engelbert Bockhoff
Birth Place
Awards
Rank
Allegiance
  • Nazi Germany
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
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.