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A native of Augsburg, Fritz Biermeyer joined the SS in 1933. He graduated as a platoon commander in the infantry of Totenkopf SS-Division in 1938.
Wounded in France he returned to the SS in Warsaw where he was transferred to the SS ‘Das Reich’ Division as a tank company commander. When 3. SS-Panzerregiment was formed in 1942, he returned to Totenkopf.
Biermeyer won his Knight’s Cross for leading his company against Soviet tanks near the city of Krasno Konstantinovka in November 1943. The battle began with him supporting an infantry detachment in repelling a Soviet attack.
With the defence now accomplished, he placed his company ahead of the infantry and attacked 38 T-34 tanks and about 800 infantry with his Panzerkompanie. While he personally accounted for six destroyed T-34 tanks, his company’s total reached 31 through his aggressive leadership.
His reputation for pressing the attack at all costs continued when he later took on another Soviet tank battalion with just his Panzerkompanie supported by an armoured pioneer company and two assault guns. By the end of the day his actions had destroyed eleven M4 Sherman, one KV-85 heavy tank, and one T-34 medium tank. In addition, they also destroyed three anti-tank guns, two mortars, and sixteen machine-guns.
Finally, during the defence of Warsaw in August 1944, he led his company in five separate attacks to stop the Bolsheviks near Praga, Poland.
His 5. Kompanie reported eight KV-85 heavy tanks, seven T-34 medium tanks, one IS-2 heavy tank, and four 4.5cm guns destroyed. His tactical skill and unwavering cold-bloodedness won the day though he had but a few panzers left at the end of it.
Biermeyer met his demise near Modlin on 10 November 1944. He was posthumously awarded the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
Wounded in France he returned to the SS in Warsaw where he was transferred to the SS ‘Das Reich’ Division as a tank company commander. When 3. SS-Panzerregiment was formed in 1942, he returned to Totenkopf.
Biermeyer won his Knight’s Cross for leading his company against Soviet tanks near the city of Krasno Konstantinovka in November 1943. The battle began with him supporting an infantry detachment in repelling a Soviet attack.
With the defence now accomplished, he placed his company ahead of the infantry and attacked 38 T-34 tanks and about 800 infantry with his Panzerkompanie. While he personally accounted for six destroyed T-34 tanks, his company’s total reached 31 through his aggressive leadership.
His reputation for pressing the attack at all costs continued when he later took on another Soviet tank battalion with just his Panzerkompanie supported by an armoured pioneer company and two assault guns. By the end of the day his actions had destroyed eleven M4 Sherman, one KV-85 heavy tank, and one T-34 medium tank. In addition, they also destroyed three anti-tank guns, two mortars, and sixteen machine-guns.
Finally, during the defence of Warsaw in August 1944, he led his company in five separate attacks to stop the Bolsheviks near Praga, Poland.
His 5. Kompanie reported eight KV-85 heavy tanks, seven T-34 medium tanks, one IS-2 heavy tank, and four 4.5cm guns destroyed. His tactical skill and unwavering cold-bloodedness won the day though he had but a few panzers left at the end of it.
Biermeyer met his demise near Modlin on 10 November 1944. He was posthumously awarded the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves.
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