Ernst Barkmann

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German World War II soldier (1919-2009)

Germany PoliticiansLived 1919 to 2009 · aged 89

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Ernst Barkmann was a German tank commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He is known for the actions undertaken at “Barkmann’s Corner", in which his unit halted a U.S. Army armoured advance in Normandy on 27 July 1944, for which he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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