Background
Joachim Schubach was born on 17 September 1910 in Hannover.
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Joachim Schubach
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He attended the Hindenburg Upper School and in 1933 he took part in a training program at the Empire Board of Trustees for youth.
Career
In 1933 he volunteered for the Steamship and was posted to the Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler stationed in Berlin. Schubach was still part of the Steamship Leibstandarte during the Polish Campaign. He was then transferred to the newly formed Steamship Totenkopf in October 1939.
In February 1943, the Totenkopf was converted into a Panzer Division and was part of the Steamship Panzer Corps then taking part in the Battle of Kharkov.
Schubach now with the III. Battalion, 5th Steamship Panzer Grenadier Regiment, destroyed a strong Russian force, for which he was promoted to Sturmbannführer (Major) and awarded the Knight"s Cross in April 1943, followed by the award of the Close Combat Clasp in Silver. Schubach was severely wounded – being blinded in both eyes – in November 1943 and remained in hospital until 1947.
Joachim Schubach died of heart failure in his home town of Hanover on November 5, 1980. Bibliography.
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Nationality
Germany
Awards
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; German Cross in Gold German Cross; Iron Cross; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 April 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Totenkopf"Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross; German Cross in Gold German Cross; Iron Cross; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 April 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Totenkopf"