Helmut Ringler

Helmut Ringler
An image taken of leutnant Ringler, taken after he has received the Knight's Cross
Born	4 October 1915 Witzenhausen
Died	22 June 1962 (aged 46) Bonn
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945)
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	19??–1945
Rank	(Wehrmacht) leutnant
Unit	Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Abteilung "Koch"
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of Fort Eben-Emael
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Helmut Ringler (4 October 1915 – 22 June 1962) was a decorated leutnant in the Fallschirmjäger during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (12 May 1940)^[1]
  • 1st Class (13 May 1940)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 May 1940 as a Leutnant of Sturmgruppe "Stahl" in the Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Abteilung "Koch"

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  Ringler is behind Adolf Hitler on Hitler's immediate left.

References

Citations

1. Thomas & Wegmann 1986, p. 234.

Bibliography

• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz; Wegmann, Günter (1986). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil II: Fallschirmjäger [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part II: Paratroopers] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-1461-8.