Ludwig Bauer (officer)

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This article is about the German World War II tank commander. For other uses, see Ludwig Bauer (disambiguation).
Ludwig Bauer
Born (1923-02-16) 16 February 1923 (age 102)
Künzelsau
Allegiance  Nazi Germany (to 1945)
 West Germany
Service/branch Heer
Years of service 1940–45
Rank Leutnant (Wehrmacht)
Oberstleutnant of the Reserves (Bundeswehr)
Unit Panzer-Regiment 33
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Ludwig Bauer (born 16 February 1923) was a Leutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (the Knight's Cross), the highest award made by Nazi Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or outstanding military leadership. Bauer was a tank crewman/commander who participated in numerous significant tank battles during World War II.

Tank Leutnant Bauer was not related to infantry Feldwebel Ludwig Bauer, who also was awarded a Knight's Cross.

World War II action

Bauer was featured in the television series Greatest Tank Battles[1] season 2, Episode 7. In the program Bauer describes his experiences as a Panzer crewman from training to his baptism of fire with the 9th Panzer Division in the Battle of Moscow. Wounded in that battle, Bauer returned to his unit for the German offensive in the Caucasus. When the 9th Panzer Division was transferred to the Western Front, Bauer was again in the thick of the action during the Ardennes Offensive, commanding a StuG tank destroyer in the 9th's drive to help out the stranded 2nd Panzer Division on the east bank of the river Meuse. Bauer ended the war commanding a Panther tank, his tank was positioned as recon front recon, however when Bauer went to sleep he found himself in a tank, with U.S. soldiers on top thinking his Panther was abandoned, after nearly running the soldiers over he returned to the German side after being hit by three bazookas. However he was mistaken for a U.S. tank and fired on by one Hetzer, surviving his burning Panther to end his war, the ninth time he'd managed to bail out of a burning tank.

Awards and decorations

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  1. ↑ http://www.greatesttankbattles.com/
  2. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 106.
  3. ↑ Von Seemen 1976, p. 378.
  4. ↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 119.


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