Arnold Jürgensen
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Arnold Jürgensen was a Sturmbannführer
(Major), in the Waffen SS during World War II
who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.
, Holstein
on the 17 March 1910.
He was an early member of the NSDAP (party number 585 285) and the SS (service number 25 884).
He served in the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, during the Anschluss
of Austria
and the occupation of the Sudetenland
.
(Operation Barbarossa
) with the LSSAH.
He was then transferred to the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
, and served with them during the Battle of France
, where he was awarded the Knight's Cross while in command of the I.Battalion, 12th SS Panzer Regiment Hitlerjugend.
He was killed in action at Büttgenbach on the 23 December 1944.
Sturmbannführer
Sturmbannführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party equivalent to major, used both in the Sturmabteilung and the Schutzstaffel...
(Major), in the Waffen SS during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Early life
Arnold Jürgensen was born in TellingstedtTellingstedt
Tellingstedt is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 13 km east of Heide.Tellingstedt is part of the Amt Kirchspielslandgemeinde Eider....
, Holstein
Holstein
Holstein is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is part of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany....
on the 17 March 1910.
He was an early member of the NSDAP (party number 585 285) and the SS (service number 25 884).
He served in the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, during the Anschluss
Anschluss
The Anschluss , also known as the ', was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938....
of Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and the occupation of the Sudetenland
Sudetenland
Sudetenland is the German name used in English in the first half of the 20th century for the northern, southwest and western regions of Czechoslovakia inhabited mostly by ethnic Germans, specifically the border areas of Bohemia, Moravia, and those parts of Silesia being within Czechoslovakia.The...
.
World War II
He served in the Balkans (Operation Marita) and the invasion of RussiaRussia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
(Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a front., the largest invasion in the history of warfare...
) with the LSSAH.
He was then transferred to the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
The 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend was a German Waffen SS armoured division during World War II. The Hitlerjugend was unique because the majority of its junior enlisted men were drawn from members of the Hitler Youth, while the senior NCOs and officers were generally veterans of the Eastern...
, and served with them during the Battle of France
Battle of France
In the Second World War, the Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, which ended the Phoney War. The battle consisted of two main operations. In the first, Fall Gelb , German armoured units pushed through the Ardennes, to cut off and...
, where he was awarded the Knight's Cross while in command of the I.Battalion, 12th SS Panzer Regiment Hitlerjugend.
He was killed in action at Büttgenbach on the 23 December 1944.
Commands
- 12th Company, LSSAH
- 11th Company, LSSAH
- 1st Panzer Company, 1st SS Panzer Regiment. LSSAH
- I.Battalion, 1st SS Panzer Regiment. LSSAH
- II.Battalion, 12th SS Panzer Regiment 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend12th SS Panzer Division HitlerjugendThe 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend was a German Waffen SS armoured division during World War II. The Hitlerjugend was unique because the majority of its junior enlisted men were drawn from members of the Hitler Youth, while the senior NCOs and officers were generally veterans of the Eastern...
- I.Battalion, 12th SS Panzer Regiment Hitlerjugend
- 12th SS Panzer Regiment, Hitlerjugend