Max Hansen
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| Born | 31 July 1908 Niebüll, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Niebüll, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
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 Waffen SS |
| Years of service | 1933–45 |
| Rank | Standartenführer |
| Unit | 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler |
| Commands held | 8th Company LSSAH II./1st Panzer Grenadier Regiment LSSAH 1st Panzer Grenadier Regiment LSSAH |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knights Cross with Oakleaves Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class German Cross in Gold Close Combat Clasp in Gold Wound Badge in Silver War Merit Cross with Swords Bulgarian Military Order for Bravery IV class |
Max Hansen (31 July 1908 – 7 March 1990) was a Standartenführer (Colonel), in the Waffen-SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knights Cross was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II. The Oak leaves was a second award.
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Early life
Hansen was born on 31 July 1908 at Niebüll, Germany. Before joining the SS he was apprenticed to a locksmith.
Military career
In 1933 he joined the SS-Verfügungstruppe and by 1939 was the commander of the 12th Company in the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. In 1941, he was awarded the German Cross in Gold and promoted to Sturmbannführer (Major). He was given command of the II./1st Panzer Grenadier Regiment LSSAH.[1]
It was whilst commanding this battalion during the Third Battle of Kharkov on 28 March 1943 that Hansen was awarded the Knight's Cross. His battalion broke through to Red Square in Kharkov, conducted house-to-house fighting and opened the way to the city centre, so that the northern part of Kharkov could be taken.[2]
Hansen later went on to command the 1st SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment LSSAH. With his regiment he took part in the Ardennes Offensive and the offensive in Hungary, Operation Spring Awakening in 1945 during which he was awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross.[1]
He ended the war as a Standartenführer.
Later life
Max Hansen died in the town of his birth on 7 March 1990.[1]
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939)
- German Cross in Gold on 26 December 1941 as SS-Hauptsturmführer in the 14./"Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[4]
- Close Combat Clasp
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 28 March 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the II./1. SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler"[6][Note 1]
- 835th Oak Leaves on 17 April 1945 as SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[7][8]
Notes
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1Diamonds with the I SS Panzer Corps. 2Oak Leaves with the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich. 3Knight's Cross with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2, Oak Leaves and Swords with SS-Panzer-Regiment 1. 4Swords with 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion. 5Oak Leaves with SS-Panzer-Regiment 12 "Hitlerjugend" (12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend). 6Knight's with SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Deutschland" (2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich). 7Oak Leaves with SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 12 "Hitlerjugend" (12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend). 8Swords with the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mitcham, p.183
- ↑ Agte, p.43
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Thomas 1997, p. 243.
- ↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 164.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Berger 2004, p. 144.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 213, 492.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Scherzer 2007, p. 365.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 102.
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