German Forces

Highly decorated soldiers...

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...of 78th Sturm-Division getting welcomed in their Swabian home, early June 1944 (f. l. t. r.): - the later Leutnant Josef Schreiber, born 1919, who received the Oakleaves as an infantry NCO in 7th Company/Sturm-Regiment 14. Schreiber is listed as MIA near Posen (Poznan) since January 24, 1945. - Hauptmann Josef Liebenwein, born 1916, KC, commander 7th Company/Sturm-Regiment 195. KIA March 21, 1945 in the Czech Republic. - Oberfeldwebel Emil Roßhart, (1919-1990), KC, 2nd Company/Sturm-Regiment 195. The 78th Division was the only division in the German Army that bore the honorary name of a "Sturm-Division", throughout the war the unit bled dry three times but existed until the last day of the war: 78. Infanterie-Division - 78. Sturm-Division - 78. Grenadier- und Volksgrenadier-Division - 78. Volks-Sturmdivision Sitzkrieg-France-Bialistok-Mogilev-Rosslavl-Yelnya-Vyazma-Gshatzk-Moscow-Rusa-Yuchnov-Rshev-Smolensk-Orel-Bryansk-Orsha-Minsk-Galicia-Upper Silesia-Beskids-Sudeten-Moravia