Knight's Cross, Oak-Leaves and Swords Recipients

On 21 June 1941, as the Wehrmachtstormed forward across the frontiers of the Soviet Union, Hitler instituted a new higher grade of the Knight's Cross decoration for gallantry and leadership: the silver clasp of the Oak-Leaves with Swords. It would be awarded to only 159 men of the approximately 15 million who served in the German armed forces during World War II. This third in a sequence of four titles describes and illustrates a selection of the recipients: from much-wounded front line infantry officers, to Hitler's 'brother-in-law'; from a sergeant pilot fighter ace, to the commanding general of the greatest tank force ever gathered on the Russian Front.

Knight's Cross, Oak-Leaves and Swords Recipients features in the following genres: History, Warfare and defence

Knight's Cross, Oak-Leaves and Swords Recipients is available in Paperback

Knight's Cross, Oak-Leaves and Swords Recipients was written by Gordon Williamson, Ramiro Bujeiro and published by Osprey Publishing an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing

Knight's Cross, Oak-Leaves and Swords Recipients has 64 pages

Yes it is part of Elite series