11. SOLDBUCH - MAJOR - Panzer Regiment 3 - 116 Panzer Division - Schwere Panzer Abteilung 505 COMMANDER - TIGER!
Great Soldbuch named to Major Hans Christoph von CARLOWITZ who served in Panzer Regiment 3, temporary appointment as commander Schwere Panzer Abteilung 505 when famous 505 Abt. Cdr. SAUVANT was wounded on Aug 14, 1943 and later at the Kriegsakademie and finally by no later than Feb 2, 1945 in the Stab of the 116 Panzer Division. Soldbuch is complete with excellent photo. Awards entered include Austrian and Sudetenland Campaign medals, EK2 (Poland Campaign award), Black Wound Badge (Poland campaign), Iron Cross First Class (Russia) and Infantry Assault Badge (Russia). Also comes with his military discharge, letter and POW pass.
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The First Canadian Army and British XXX Corps commenced OperationVERITABLE on 8 February 1945, facing the division as it defended the damaged Roer River Dams and by 3 March 1945, the US Ninth Army had linked up with the British and Canadians, trapping the 116.Panzer-Division inside the Wesel Pocket. On 5 March 1945, the division withdrew across the Rhine and destroyed the bridge behind it. Now part of the XLVII.Panzer-Korps, under General Blaskowitz’s Armeegruppe “H”, the division was ordered to halt the advance of the US 30th Infantry Division south of the Lippe Riveron 24 March 1945. Positioned near the Dutch-German border, the Greyhound Division’s Panzergrenadier-Regiment 60 commenced its assault the next day and by nightfall of 26 March 1945, the division had thwarted the US 30th Infantry Division’s breakout attempts. By 28 March 1945, the division held Dorsten but was outflanked when the British 6th Guards Armoured Brigade bypassed the city. By 4 April 1945, the division had been ordered to hold a new defense line facing north behind the Rhine-Herne Canal, in order to reinforce the north face of the Ruhr Valley. By 18 April 1945, all resistance in the Ruhr Pocket ceased, and the remnants of the divi
sion, along with their commanding officer, surrendered to the US NinthArmy