Any of you got wehrpasses to German soldiers who died or got wounded in Belgium during the may 1940 campaign? Please share them here!
Here's the only one I have. Johann Staudinger served in Infanterieregiment 481 which fought very well in Belgium in 1940. They took the cities Antwerp, Eeklo and more. As the leader of an MG section he must have actively participated in these actions. Best proof is the Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwartz entry for the 26th of May, probably for light (he remained with his unit) wounds sustained at the Gent-Terneuzen or Schipdonck canal. One question: would this date indicate the day he sustained the wound, or the day he was awarded the Abzeichen? Unfortunately the wound is not recorded on the wounds/hospitalisations page.
Anyway, he went on for a nice career as an Unteroffizier at the Eastern Front with Grenadierregiment 687, earning the EK2 (already in France), IAB, and finally the EK1 during the division's mass destruction of 92 Soviet tanks in the Chir region in december 1942. A couple of weeks later he was sent away from the front because of frostbite in both his feet. He served at the Mediterranean coast in France, where he was probably taken prisonner during Operation Dragoon.
Here's the only one I have. Johann Staudinger served in Infanterieregiment 481 which fought very well in Belgium in 1940. They took the cities Antwerp, Eeklo and more. As the leader of an MG section he must have actively participated in these actions. Best proof is the Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwartz entry for the 26th of May, probably for light (he remained with his unit) wounds sustained at the Gent-Terneuzen or Schipdonck canal. One question: would this date indicate the day he sustained the wound, or the day he was awarded the Abzeichen? Unfortunately the wound is not recorded on the wounds/hospitalisations page.
Anyway, he went on for a nice career as an Unteroffizier at the Eastern Front with Grenadierregiment 687, earning the EK2 (already in France), IAB, and finally the EK1 during the division's mass destruction of 92 Soviet tanks in the Chir region in december 1942. A couple of weeks later he was sent away from the front because of frostbite in both his feet. He served at the Mediterranean coast in France, where he was probably taken prisonner during Operation Dragoon.
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