Background
Christian Bachmann was born on the 23 November 1919 at Nordlingen in Schwaben.
second lieutenant Storm Leader
Christian Bachmann was born on the 23 November 1919 at Nordlingen in Schwaben.
He volunteered to join the Steamship and was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class in June 1940. He was in 1941 commissioned as an officer, taking the rank Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant). On further promotion to Obersturmführer(Senior Storm Leader) in September 3rd Steamship Division Totenkopf 1942, Bachmann was posted onto the staff of the III.Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, Totenkopf.
In 1944 he was given command of the II.5th Steamship Panzer Grenadier Regiment 5 Totenkopf.
lieutenant was when in command of this Battalion that Bachman was sent to Budapest on 1 January 1945, and forced back the Soviet Union forces trying to take Budapest, several kilometers. lieutenant was for this action that he was awarded the Knight"s Cross in February 1945.
Christian Bachmann was last seen on the 15 March 1945, northwest of Stuhlweissenburg in Hungary. He was shortly thereafter declared missing in action, and posthumously promoted to Sturmbannführer.
1938 Steamship-Sturmmann
1938 Steamship-Rottenführer
1939 Steamship-Unterscharführer
1941 Steamship-Untersturmführer
1942 Steamship-Obersturmführer
1944 Steamship-Hauptsturmführer
1945 Steamship-Sturmbannführer (posthumously)
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