Fritz Vogt (17 March 1918 – 3 April 1945) was a Sturmbannführer in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves. Vogt volunteered for the SS in April 1935 and was posted to the Germania Regiment. In 1938 he was selected as an officer candidate and sent to the SS Officer school at Brunswick.
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- Fritz Vogt (17 March 1918 – 3 April 1945) was a Sturmbannführer in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves. Vogt volunteered for the SS in April 1935 and was posted to the Germania Regiment. In 1938 he was selected as an officer candidate and sent to the SS Officer school at Brunswick. After passing the commanding officer training course on 20 April 1939 he was posted to the SS Reich division as a platoon leader in the 2nd SS Reconnaissance Battalion, and in September 1939, took part in Polish Campaign,and in 1940 the Battle of France when he was promoted to Obersturmführer for his leadership and his units performance which also resulted in his award of the Knight's Cross on the 4 September 1940. During Operation Marita in the Balkans he was made the commander of the 2nd Company in SS Reconnaissance Battalion 2 2nd SS Division Das Reich, where he remained until during Operation Barbarossa he caught typhoid and fell seriously ill, after recovering he was posted as a training officer to the SS Officer school's at Bad Tolz and Lauenburg, until May 1943 when he was promoted and sent to the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf, replacement Regiment. At the end of October 1943, he took over command of the 1st Battalion, 23rd Panzer Grenadier Regiment Norge, 11th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nordland at Leningrad. His Battalion was forced to retreat to Narva, during the Soviet winter offensive suffering such heavy losses, that the Battalion was withdrawn to Germany to recover. At the end of 1944 the new I./23rd Panzer Grenadier Regiment was relocated to Hungary to reinforce the 5th SS Panzergrenadier Division Wiking and in January 1945 Vogt was promoted for the last time to Sturmbannführer and also distinguished himself during the tank battle at Pettend. In March 1945 he took over as the Commander of the 5th SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion which is when he was awarded the Oakleaves to the Knight's Cross. Vogt was killed in action when he was seriously wounded during an air raid, and died on 3 April 1945.
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- Fritz Vogt (17 March 1918 – 3 April 1945) was a Sturmbannführer in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves. Vogt volunteered for the SS in April 1935 and was posted to the Germania Regiment. In 1938 he was selected as an officer candidate and sent to the SS Officer school at Brunswick.
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