Paul Schulze (officer)

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Paul Joseph Schulze
Born	(1913-01-06)6 January 1913 Brakel
Died	28 July 1980(1980-07-28) (aged 67) Brakel
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1934–45
Rank	Oberstleutnant (Wehrmacht) Oberst of the Reserves (Bundeswehr)
Unit	Panzer-Regiment 21 Panzer-Lehr-Regiment 130
Commands	Panzer-Abteilung 21
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Battle of Moscow Battle of Kursk Operation Bagration Bobruysk Offensive Western Allied invasion of Germany
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Paul Joseph Schulze (6 January 1913 – 28 July 1980) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (12 May 1940)
  • 1st Class (4 July 1940)
• Panzer Badge
• Eastern Front Medal
• Tank Destruction Badge for Individual Combatants
• German Cross in Gold on 25 April 1942 as Oberleutnant in the 3./Panzerjäger-Abteilung 36
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 30 December 1943 as Hauptmann and commander of the II./Panzer-Regiment 21
  • 538th Oak Leaves on 28 July 1944 as Major and commander of Panzer-Abteilung 21

References

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

External links

• World War 2 Awards.com
• Lexikon der Wehrmacht