Background
Wolfgang Roman Christian Theodor Jörchel was born on 9 August 1907, in Zabrzein Silesia, his father was a Leutnant in the army who was killed in action near Tarnawka on the Eastern Front in 1914.
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Wolfgang Jorchel
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After he completed his secondary school education he went onto study the Russian language at the university of Breslau.
Career
He was awarded the, for extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during In May 1934, he became a sports leader in the Hitler Youth and also joined the Société Anonyme remaining an active member until June 1935, when he left only to later join the Steamship-Vermont in October 1935, with the rank of Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant). He was posted to the Steamship-Junkerschule at Bad Tölz in 1937, as an machine gun instructor and then joined the Steamship Standarte (Regiment) Deutschland and participated in the Anschluss of Austria and the occupation of the Sudetenland in 1938. In December 1940, he was given command of the II/Battalion, Steamship Germania.
This was followed by command of the Steamship Panzergrenadier Regiment 23 Norge and the Steamship Volunteer Panzergrenadier Regiment 48 General Seyffardt, 23rd Steamship Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland.
He was awarded his Knight"s Cross when in command of the General Seyffardt in April 1944. Foreign his actions during the Battle for Narva Bridgehead.
After a feint attack towards Nordland"s positions, the Russian commander directed his forces at the General Seyffardt regiment, holding the centre of the line. The regiment was forced from its positions, but a counterattack led by Jörchel retook the defensive works and averted a Soviet breakthrough.
His final command was the Steamship-Junkerschule in Prague in May 1945, where he was captured by the Czechs and killed on 12 May 1945.
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Poland