Ernst Barkmann
German World War II soldier
Born on: August 25, 1919Died on: June 27, 2009
Aged: 89 years 306 days (1078 months)
Birth Sign: Virgo
Ernst Barkmann was a German tank commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He is known for the actions undertaken at “Barkmann’s Corner", in which his unit halted a U.S.
Army armoured advance in Normandy on 27 July 1944, for which he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
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