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Wilhelm Beck (22 December 1919 – 10 June 1944) was a Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. He was born on the 22 December 1919 at Bitz in Württemberg Germany. He enlisted in the SS and rose to the rank of Hauptsturmführer being awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross In 1940 Oberscharführer (Technical Sergeant) Beck served with Michael Wittmann in the ''LSSAH'' Sturmgeschütz Battery and by the time of Operation Barbarossa he had been promoted to Unterstrumführer (Second Lieutenant) and given command of a platoon in the Sturmgeschütz (self-propelled artillery/StuG) battery.〔Michael Wittman Volume Two By Patrick Agte p.79〕 During the advance to the Black Sea at the port city of Kerson Beck engaged a Russian Gunboat and a Submarine〔Michael Wittman Volume Two By Patrick Agte p.81〕 In 1942 the ''LSSAH'' Sturmgeschütz (StuG) unit was brought up to battalion strength and Beck was given command of one of the Batteries, the Battalion commander being Max Wünsche.〔Michael Wittman Volume Two By Patrick Agte p.82〕 Beck was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his actions in the Third Battle of Kharkov, by this time he had been transferred to the II/Battalion of the SS Panzer Regiment 1 ''LSSAH'', Beck and his unit destroyed more than 100 Soviet artillery pieces and over 10 T-34 tanks in 3 weeks of fighting.〔The 12th SS By Hubert Meyer p.194〕 In 1943 Beck was promoted to Hauptsturmfurher and assigned to 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, as 2nd Company Commander,〔SS Officer Personnel File, NARA〕 he was replaced by SS Ostuf Gaede when the Division was moved to France in 1944 and Beck was appointed as the Liaison officer between the LSSAH and 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, he was killed in a carpet bombing attack by Allied forces near Caen on the 10 June 1944.〔Grenadiers By Kurt Meyer p.234〕 Wilhelm Beck is buried at the German Cemetery at La Cambe near Caen, France. ==Awards== *Iron Cross (1939) * * 2nd Class (2 May 1941)〔Federl 2000, p. 25.〕 * * 1st Class (14 September 1941)〔 *Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 March 1943 as SS-''Obersturmführer'' and leader of the 2./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"〔Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 125, 485.〕 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「Wilhelm Beck」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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