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Sturmbannführer Helmut Kämpfe
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Another example of someone adopting a slightly unnatural pose to display his cuff title - in this case, that of the "Der Führer" regiment of the "Das Reich" Division. Little enough seems to known of Kämpfe - apart from the fact that his abduction and subsequent killing by French resistants featured in the sequence of events that led to the Oradour massacre. War is Hell ... JR.
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Hello, again, Flamethrowerguy. Yes, I see what you mean - Hauptmann V. is adopting an oddly narrow-shouldered stance, to show off those Tank Destruction Badges. By the way - was it 21 tanks destroyed ? He must have been quite a soldier to do all...
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P.S. these unnatural poses were mostly determined by the photographers to show cuff titles or e.g. tank destruction badges etc. Look here: http://www.ww2incolor.com/german/Viezenz_+G__nther_Hauptmann.html
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Thanks, FTG. I was aware of some of that, but not all. Best regards, JR.
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There's plenty of info about Kämpfe available. Born July 31, 1909 in Jena/Thuringia. Murdered by the Maquis on June 10, 1944 (probably) near Limoges/France. He was one of only 98 German soldiers awarded the Knight's Cross AND the Close Combat clasp in...
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21 tanks "destroyed or disabled" (these were the official regulations for the bestowal). And, yes, I'm sure it takes a lot of guts to take out an enemy tank at relative short range as a single guy.