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|name=Werner Wolff |
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|image=Bundesarchiv Bild 101III-Bueschel-165-31A, Werner Wolff.jpg |
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|birth_date=28 November 1922 |
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|death_date= {{Death date and age|df=yes|1945|3|19|1922|11|28}} |
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|serviceyears=1940–45 |
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|commands=1st Panzer Company<br>7th Panzer Company, 1st SS Panzer Regiment |
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'''Werner Wolff''' (28 November 1922 – 19 or 29 March 1945) was an '']'' (first lieutenant), in the 1. SS Panzer Division 'Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler' (]) of the ], who was awarded the ]. This was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by ] during ]. |
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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>Agte, Patrick, ''Michael Wittmann and the Waffen SS Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte in WWII'', 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 is reputed{{According to whom}} to have died in ], shortly after ], on 19 March 1945. But according to Fellgieber's book (2003 online edition),<ref>Read online </ref> he died in the military hospital of ], in ], on 29 March 1945. |
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==Awards== |
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*] on 7 August 1943 as SS-'']'' and adjutant of the III.(gepanzert)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 452, 509.</ref>{{#tag:ref|According to Scherzer as adjutant of the III./2. SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler".<ref>Scherzer 2007, p. 797.</ref>|group="Note"}} |
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==Notes== |
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{{Reflist|group="Note"}} |
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==References== |
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* {{Cite book |
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|last=Fellgiebel |
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|first=Walther-Peer |
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|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |
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|year=2000 |
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|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |
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|trans_title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches |
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|language=German |
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|location=Friedberg, Germany |
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|publisher=Podzun-Pallas |
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|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6 |
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* {{Cite book |
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|last=Scherzer |
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|first=Veit |
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|year=2007 |
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|title=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 |
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|trans_title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives |
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|language=German |
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|location=Jena, Germany |
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|publisher=Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag |
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|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2 |
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==External links== |
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{{commons category|Werner Wolff}} |
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{{Knight's Cross recipients of the 1st SS PD}} |
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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see ]. --> |
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| NAME = Wolff, Werner |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Recipient of the Knight's Cross |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 28 November 1922 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = ], ] |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 19 or 29 March 1945 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH = ] or ] |
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