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|birth_date={{Birth date|1922|November|28}} |
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|death_date= {{Death date and age|df=yes|1945|3|19|1922|11|28}} |
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|allegiance={{flagicon|Nazi Germany}} ] |
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|serviceyears=1939–1945 |
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|commands=1st Panzer Company<br>7th Panzer Company, 1st SS Panzer Regiment |
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'''Werner Wolff''' was an ] (First Lieutenant), in the 1. SS Panzer Division 'Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler' (]) of the ], who was awarded the ]. |
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Wolff was awarded the Knight's Cross on 7 August 1943 while serving as ]'s ] in the III.(gep.) Battalion of 2nd SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment. Peiper recommended Wolff for the his actions after he took command of the leaderless 13th Company, following the wounding of its commander, during the ] in early July, and stopped a ] tank attack. Wolff destroyed one tank single handed and refused to give ground to the Russian attack.<ref>Michael Wittmann and the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII By Patrick Agte P.126</ref> |
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In November 1943 Wolff was shot through the thigh and was due to have the leg amputated. However when the medical orderly arrived to take Wolff to be operated on, he drew his pistol and warned the orderly he was not losing his leg, even firing a warning shot into the ground. Wolff made a complete recovery. |
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In the Normandy Campaign (]) he particularly distinguished himself during the defense of ], and was awarded the ]'s ] as a result. |
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Wolff was killed during ], in Hungary on 19 March 1945.<ref>{{cite web|title=frontkjemper|url=http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=no&u=http://www.frontkjemper.info/show_person.php%3FP_ID%3D438&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=6&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DWerner%2BWolff%2Bwaffen%2Bss%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4ADBF_en-GBGB232GB232%26sa%3DX}}</ref> |
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