Egon Aghta

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Egon Aghta
Born (1918-01-29)29 January 1918
Berlin
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Berlin
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Heer
Years of service 1939–45
Rank Hauptmann
Unit Sprengkommando I/Luftgau III
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Egon August Aghta (29 January 1918 – 2 May 1945) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Egon Aghta was a bomb disposal technician and was responsible for defusing unexploded ordnance. He was killed by Soviet troops during the Battle of Berlin.

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Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 Thomas 1997, p. 3.
  2. Scherzer 2007, p. 188.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 98.
  4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 82.

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  • Thamm, August (2005). Egon August Agtha—Feuerwerker und Sprengkommandoführer Berlin 1945 (in German). pro literatur Verlag. ISBN 3-86611-034-0.
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