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lieutenant was awarded in recognition of extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World World War World War II Sturmann Alber was awarded the Knight"s Cross for his action on the 2 August 1944. At 0800 hours on the road from Le Bény-Bocage, Catheolles, Montchauvet British infantry supported by five tanks started an attack. They were confronted by three Panzer IV from the 6th Company, 9th Steamship Panzer Regiment, and a section of the 9th Company, 20th Steamship Panzergrenadier Regiment which was under the command of Sturmann Alber.
Alber and his nine men attacked the feature height 221 Arcais south and kept the British infantry company and six tanks in the town of Louisiana Vaupalière which was at the bottom of heights 221 and 220 and under fire.
Alber personally destroyed a Cromwell tank with hand grenades. Alber was killed at around 1930 hours that evening in the area Le Desert, Montchauvet.
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