Ernst Barkmann was a farmer’s son born in Holstein, Germany, on 25 August 1919. At the age of sixteen he applied for service with the elite Waffen-SS, the armed force of the Nazi Party. Barkmann saw his first action of the war as a machine gunner with the 9. Ernst Barkmann, Panther ace Ernst Barkmann was born in Kisdorf in Holstein on August 25th of 1919.He was a son of a local farmer. On April 1st of 1936, Ernst Barkmann joined SS-Standarte Germania as a volunteer and after three months of training joined the III Battalion of the Standarte at Radolfszell. Ernst Barkmann: biography August 25, 1919 – June 27, 2009 Early war campaigns Barkmann enlisted in the SS as a foot soldier and was assigned to SS Standarte Germania, Headquartered in the North German city of Hamburg, Standarte Germania (SS-equivalent for Regiment) was posted to East Prussia in anticipation of hostilities against Poland where. Ernst Barkmann: biography August 25, 1919 – June 27, 2009 Early war campaigns Barkmann enlisted in the SS as a foot soldier and was assigned to SS Standarte Germania, Headquartered in the North German city of Hamburg, Standarte Germania (SS-equivalent for Regiment) was posted to East Prussia in anticipation of hostilities against Poland where. Order of battle, unit history, personality research.
Born | 25 August 1919 |
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Died | 27 June 2009 (aged 89) |
Allegiance | Germany |
Service/branch | Waffen-SS |
Years of service | 1936–45 |
Rank | Oberscharführer |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
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Ernst Barkmann
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Ernst Barkmann (later Ernst Schmuck-Barkmann) (25 August 1919 – 27 June 2009) was a German tank commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He is known for the actions undertaken at “Barkmann’s Corner',[clarification needed] in which it was claimed he halted a major U.S. Army armoured advance in Normandy on 27 July 1944, for which action he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.[1]