Michael Wittmann
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 80 years ago |
Date of birth | April 22,1914 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Vogelthal |
Dietfurt | |
Germany | |
Date of died | August 8,1944 |
Died | Normandy |
France | |
Rank | SS-Hauptsturmführer |
Battles and wars | World War II |
Spouse | Hildegard Burmester |
Place of burial | War grave |
La Cambe German War Cemetery, La Cambe, France | |
Buri | La Cambe German war cemetery (reinterred) |
Awards | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Parents | Johann Wittmann |
Ursula Lachermayer | |
Nationality | German |
Battleswar | World War II > |
Eastern Front | |
Operation Barbarossa | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 676227 |
Michael Wittmann Life story
Michael Wittmann was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. He is known for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armored Division during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944.