Kurt Launer
Kurt Launer was a Sturmbannführer in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by [...] Germany during World War II.
Commands
- 2nd company, 6th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Theodor Eicke, 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
- 8th Company, 6th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Theodor Eicke
- II.Battalion, 6th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Theodor Eicke
- 3rd SS Panzer Grenadier training and replacement battalion
- 6th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Theodor Eicke
- 38th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen
- 37th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen
Further reading
- Kurowski Franz, Infantry Aces, Stackpole Books, 2005, ISBN 0811732029
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
- Mitcham, Jr.Samuel, Retreat to the Reich, Stackpole books 2007. ISBN 081173384X
- Henschler Henri & Fay Will, Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS, 1943-45 Stackpole Books, 2003. ISBN 0811729052