Career
Panzer-Division. The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Eberhard Thunert was captured by American troops in Austria in 1945 and was released in 1947. Fahnenjunker (2 March 1918) Leutnant (1 October 1920) Oberleutnant (1 February 1927) Hauptmann (1 April 1934) Major (1 August 1938) Oberstleutnant (1 November 1940) Oberst (1 June 1942) Generalmajor (1 January 1945) Generalleutnant (1 May 1945) (18 September 1939) Bibliography.
