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Kurt Knispel remains found

  • 10-04-2013 11:40am
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    one of the great tank aces of WW2 remains found in the Czech Republic

    Knispel reached 168 confirmed victories, including 42 as a tank commander and 126 as a tank gunner

    read lots about him when I was younger, always a bit of hero of mine to be honest


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 249 ✭✭boomchicawawa


    Thanks for the info.. Will follow up. I read once that he never got the same hero worship that Wittmann got because he wasn't such an ardent Nazi. I think it was reported that he beat up an SS man quite badly when he found him mistreating a prisoner/civilian ? Its also rumoured that his tank tally outshone Michael Wittman's in reality. I hope that he gets a proper honourable burial.


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