"As was reported by the Führer Headquarters yesterday, the Führer has
awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross to Oberst Fedor Apelt,
commander of a grenadier regiment. As was further reported by the Führer
headquarters, Oberst Apelt managed to build up a defensive front west
of Novgorod under heavy enemy defensive fire. By doing so he was able to
hold off the Soviet forces that were attacking to the south and thereby
enable the withdrawal of German forces from Novgorod." from his Knight's Cross to the Iron Cross citation, awarded on February 8th, 1944 as Oberst of Grenadier Regiment 102 in the 24th Infantry Division.
Another capable enemy elite,
Brian
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