Karl Betz

Karl Betz
Karl Betz
Born	25 June 1907; Hamburg
Died	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.; Parnevo, Russia
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	?–1942
Rank	Major
Commands held	II./Schützen-Regiment 2
Battles/wars	World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland; Invasion of Poland; Battle of France; Invasion of Yugoslavia; Battle of Greece; Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Moscow; Battles of Rzhev;
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Karl Betz (25 June 1907 – 2 July 1942) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Karl Betz was killed on 2 July 1942 in Parnevo, Russia.

Awards and decorations

Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (27 September 1939)^[1]
- 1st Class (15 June 1920)^[1]
Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black
Infantry Assault Badge
Eastern Front Medal
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 March 1942 as Hauptmann and commander of II./Schützen-Regiment 2^[2]^[3]

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Citations

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Thomas & Wegmann 1987, p. 453.
↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 218.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 131.

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[Thomas_.26_Wegmann_p453-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Thomas & Wegmann 1987, p. 453.

[2] Scherzer 2007, p. 218.

[3] Fellgiebel 2000, p. 131.

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v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 2nd Panzer Division
Stab	Vollrath Lübbe Rudolf Veiel Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz¹ (Oak Leaves & Swords?)
2. Schützen-Brigade	Gustav von Vaerst
Panzer-Regiment 3	Albrecht von Boxberg Karl Decker² (Oak Leaves & Swords) Peter Prien? Horst Rämsch Hans-Günther Stotten³ (Oak Leaves) Wilhelm Weidenbrück⁴ (Oak Leaves)
Panzer-Regiment 4 (assigned until September 1940 then transferred to the 13th Panzer Division)	Walter Rödlich
Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 2	Hans-Ulrich Back Karl Betz Lothar von Bischoffshausen Wilhelm Buck Otto Domrich Friedrich-Wilhelm Jürgen Richard Monschau Wilhelm Renner Kark Riechers Heinrich Theilen
Panzergrenadier/Schützen-Regiment 304	Herbert-Rudolf Merkel Karl Mickley Johannes Richter Gerhard Schmidhuber⁵ (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Wendland
Panzerartillerie-Regiment 74	Hans Endres Josef Hammerschmidt
Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 2	Friedrich Anders Heinrich Gath Albert Kuntz Otto Reittinger Helmut Walter
¹ Knight's Cross with Schützen-Regiment 59 (20th Panzer Division), Swords with the XXXXVII. Panzerkorps ² Oak Leaves with the 5th Panzer Division, Swords with the XXXIX Panzerkorps ³ Oak Leaves with Panzer-Regiment 8 (15th Panzer Division) ⁴ Oak Leaves with Panzer-Abteilung 104 ⁵ Oak Leaves with the 13th Panzer Division This along with the ? (question mark) indicates doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.

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Karl Betz
Born	25 June 1907 Hamburg
Died	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Parnevo, Russia
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	?–1942
Rank	Major
Commands held	II./Schützen-Regiment 2
Battles/wars	World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Invasion of Yugoslavia Battle of Greece Operation Barbarossa Battle of Moscow Battles of Rzhev
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross