Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz
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Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche und Camminetz was a German Army officer of aristocratic descent. Strachwitz saw action in World War I, but rose to fame for his command of armoured forces in W
Strachwitz as Oberst and commander of Panzer-Regiment "Großdeutschland", June 1943
Fort Barraux, 2011
Troops loyal to the government at the Silesian Station, 1919.
The ancestral home of the Strachwitz family, the palace in Kamień Śląski in 2006.
The Panzergrenadier Division "Großdeutschland", also commonly referred to simply as Großdeutschland or Großdeutschland Division, was an elite combat unit of the German Army that fought on the Eastern
Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz
…Leaves, for the destruction of more than 270 Soviet tanks and artillery pieces within 48 hours in the tank battle of Kalach. He was given command of Panzer-Regiment "Großdeutschland" and received the Swords to his Knight's Cross, for his contribution in the counterattack at Kharkov. He then fought in the Battle of Kursk and the…
Großdeutschland Division soldiers, Kursk, July 1943
Artillery of Großdeutschland Division, Central Soviet Union, Winter 1943
Panther tanks of the division in Romania, 1944