Wehrmacht soldiers take a break under the Polish campaign 1939

SS-Hauptsturmführer Rudolf von Ribbentrop (*May 11, 1921 in Wiesbaden/Germany). Knight's Cross awarded on July 15, 1943 as SS-Obersturmführer and leader 6th Company/SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 &quot;LSSAH&quot;. Later he commanded 3rd Company/SS-Panzer-Regiment 12 &quot;Hitlerjugen&quot;. Son to the infamous Nazi Minister of Foreign Affairs Joachim von Ribbentrop (executed at Nuremberg on October 16, 1946).

SS-Hauptsturmführer Rudolf von Ribbentrop

Soldiers of 12th SS-Panzer-Division &quot;Hitlerjugend&quot; checking the damage on a knocked-out Sherman tank, Normandy 1944.

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