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Bernhard Krause was born on the 11 May 1910, in Weimar, Germany.
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He 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 After completing his schooling he volunteered to join the Steamship-Vermont in January 1934, and posted to the Steamship Standarte Deutschland. In 1935 he was selected to become an officer and sent to the Steamship-Junkerschule at Bad Tölz. Upon graduation he was promoted to Untersturmführer (second lieutenant) in April and further promoted to Obersturmführer (first lieutenant) in April 1936.
He was given command of the 5th Company, Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) and promoted to Hauptsturmführer (captain) in January 1939.
Krause took part in the early campaigns of the war the Polish Campaign and the Battle of France. He was awarded his first combat decoration, the Iron Cross II class, in April 1941, during Operation Marita the invasion of the Balkans.
Krause was given command of the I. Battalion, 1st Steamship Panzergrenadier Regiment Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler in 1943 and then the 1st Steamship Flak Battalion LSSAH, and fought in the Battle of Kharkov in command of the Flak Battalion where the battalions attacks were of crucial importance. Krause was then transferred to the newly formed Steamship division 12th Steamship Panzer Division Hitlerjugend in July 1943, and given command of the I. Battalion, 26th Steamship Panzergrenadier Regiment.
This new Division"s first combat was in the Battle of Normandy in June 1944, in the area of Saint Manvieu.
Krause was awarded the Knight"s Cross for his actions in August 1944, in the sector along the Caen to Falaise road. Krause was then given command of the 26th Steamship Panzergrenadier Regiment, 12th Steamship Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. He was killed in action on 19 February 1945.
5th Company, Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler
I. Battalion, 1st Steamship Panzergrenadier Regiment LSSAH (1943)
1st Steamship Flak Battalion, LSSAH (1943)
I. Battalion, 26th Steamship Panzergrenadier Regiment Hitlerjugend (July 1943 - August 1944)
26th Steamship Panzergrenadier Regiment (August 1944 February 1945).
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He next took part in Operation Barbarossa the invasion of the Soviet Union and was awarded the Iron Cross I class in August followed by the Eastern Front Medal for service on the Eastern Front during the first Russian winter of the war in 1942. Foreign his actions, he was awarded the German Cross in Gold.
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