Christian Tychsen
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Christian Tychsen
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Born | 3 December 1910 Flensburg, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Gavray, Normandy, Occupied France |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
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Waffen SS |
Years of service | 1931–44 |
Rank | Obersturmbannführer |
Unit | 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves German Cross in Gold Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class |
Christian Tychsen (3 December 1910 — 28 July 1944) was an Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen-SS. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, awarded by Nazi Germany to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Career
Tychsen joined the SS in December 1931 and eventually served with the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich during Operation Barbarossa. In April 1943 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
On June 9, 1944 Tychsen commanded the German troops who entered the village of Tulle and hanged 99 men in the streets in retaliation for a battle between the local German garrison and French resistance.
He was killed in Normandy by an air attack during operation Cobra, an American strike around St. Lo aimed to free the US Army from the Bocage área.
According to Richard Hargreaves in his book "Germans in Normandy" Tyschsen Said in his last hours: "I AM a veteran panzer commander. If the enemy succeeds in this breakthrough, then war in France for us is over"
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939)
- German Cross in Gold on 13 May 1942 as SS-Hauptsturmführer in SS-Kradschützen-Bataillon[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 31 March 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the II./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich"[3][Note 1]
- 353rd Oak Leaves on 10 December 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the II./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich"[4][5]
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Preceded by
SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Lammerding
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Commander of 2nd SS Division Das Reich 24 July 1944 – 28 July 1944 |
Succeeded by SS-Brigadeführer Otto Baum |
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
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Panzer-Kampfgruppe "Das Reich" | ||
Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland" SS-Standarte "Deutschland" |
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Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer" SS-Standarte "Der Führer" |
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Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich" |
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Panzerartillerie-Regiment 2 "Das Reich" |
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Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich" | ||
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich" | ||
Kradschützen-Bataillon "Reich" | ||
Aufklärungs-Abteilung SS-Verfügungs-Division |
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SS-Schützen-Regiment "Langemarck" | ||
Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich" |
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Panzerpionier-Bataillon 2 "Das Reich" |
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Flak-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich" | ||
1Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Totenkopf" (3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf). 2Oak Leaves with the II SS Panzer Corps, Swords with the 7th Army. 3Oak Leaves with the XI SS Panzer Corps. 4Knight's Cross with the 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division, Swords with the VI. Waffen-Armeekorps der SS. 5Oak Leaves with the II SS Panzer Corps, Swords with the 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer. 6Swords with the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg. 7Oak Leaves with the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking, Swords with the III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps. 8Oak Leaves with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" (1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler). 9Oak Leaves with the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen. 10Swords with the 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen. 11 Knight's Cross with SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich", Oak Leaves and Swords with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer". 12Oak Leaves with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge" (11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland).
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- SS-Obersturmbannführer
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- German military personnel killed in World War II
- People from the Province of Schleswig-Holstein
- Waffen-SS personnel
- Operation Overlord people