Karl Mühleck

Karl Mühleck
Born	28 July 1920 Weinsberg
Died	26 December 1944 (aged 24) In the Ardennes
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1939–44
Rank	Obersturmführer
Unit	2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class

Karl Mühleck (28 July 1920 – 26 December 1944) was an Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant), in the Waffen-SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.^[1]

Mühleck was awarded his Knight's Cross, for his actions during the Battle of Kharkov in July 1943.^[2]

References

1. "frontkjemper".
2. "dasreich".

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). Retreat to the Reich : the German defeat in France, 1944. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3384-7.