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Balthasar "Bobby" Woll (1 September 1922 – 18 March 1996) was an ''Oberscharführer'' in the Waffen-SS who was also awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. ==Biography== He was born in Wemmetsweiler on 1 March 1922, (died 18 March 1996).〔Agte 2006, p. 236.〕 After an apprenticeship as an electrician, he reported on 15 August 1941 as a volunteer for the Waffen-SS. He was posted as a machine gunner to the 3rd Company, 1st SS Totenkopf Infantry Regiment. He was wounded during the fighting at the Demyansk Pocket and sent to hospital in Germany. While recovering from his wounds he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class and the Wound Badge in black, in July 1942.〔 After his recovery he retrained as a tank gunner and at the end of 1942 posted to the 13th Heavy Tank Company, SS Panzer Regiment 1, 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler where he met his tank commander Michael Wittmann.〔 By the time of Operation Citadel they were one of the best tank crews in the Division, and in September 1943 was awarded the Iron Cross 1st class, having destroyed 80 tanks and 107 anti tank guns.〔 He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in January 1944 and became one of only two tank gunners to receive the award (the other being ''Rottenführer'' Fritz Eckstein). In October 1944 promoted to ''Oberscharführer''.〔 When Wittmann was killed in Normandy in 1944, Woll was severely wounded and in a field hospital, but survived the war. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Balthasar Woll」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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