Michael Wittmann
(1914-1944)
Recipient of the Knight's Cross
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Michael Wittmann (22 April 1914 – 8 August 1944) was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. He is known for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armoured Division during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944. While in command of a Tiger I tank, Wittmann destroyed up to fourteen tanks and fifteen personnel carriers, along with two anti-tank guns, within the space of fifteen minutes. The news was picked up and disseminated by the Nazi propaganda machine and added to Wittmann's reputation in Germany.
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22 April 1914 Vogelthal, Dietfurt, Germany
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8 August 1944 (aged 30) Saint-Aignan-de-Cramesnil, France
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