Otto Meyer

Otto Meyer
Born	23 December 1912 Moldenit, Germany
Died	28 August 1944 (1944-08-29) (aged 31) Duclair, France
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1934–1945
Rank	Obersturmbannführer
Unit	9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross with Oakleaves Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class German Cross in Gold

Otto Meyer (1912–1944) was a Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves.^[1]

Meyer volunteered for service in the SS in 1934 and was selected to become an officer in 1936 and posted to the SS-Junker schule at Bad Tölz, upon graduation he was promoted to Untersturmführer (First Lieutenant) and posted to the SS Deutschland Regiment.^[1] As a company commander he served in the Polish Campaign, the Battle of France, Operation Marita in the Balkans and the invasion of Russia Operation Barbarossa.^[1] On 9 November 1941 he was promoted to Sturmbannführer (Major) and in January 1942 awarded the German Cross in Gold for personal bravery.^[1] At the beginning of 1943 he was transferred to the 9th SS Panzer Grenadier Division in France and promoted to Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel).^[1] In January 1944 he was given command of the 9th SS Panzer Regiment and for his leadership during the battle for Tarnopol awarded the Knight's Cross.^[1] In June 1944 the division served in Normandy where he distinguished both himself and his regiment by destroying over 300 allied tanks. After escaping from the cauldron of Falaise (Falaise Pocket), he was killed crossing the River Seine on 28 August 1944. In September 1944 he was awarded a Posthumous award of the Oakleaves to the Knight's Cross.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} "lexion.der.wehrmacht". http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/M/MeyerO.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=7&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DObersturmbannf%25C3%25BChrer%2B%2BOtto%2BMeyer%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4ADBF_en-GBGB232GB232%26sa%3DN. 
2. ^ "frontkjemper". http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=no&u=http://www.frontkjemper.info/show_person.php%3FP_ID%3D673&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DObersturmbannf%25C3%25BChrer%2B%2BOtto%2BMeyer%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4ADBF_en-GBGB232GB232. 

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Name	Meyer, Otto
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Date of birth	23 December 1912
Place of birth	Moldenit, Germany
Date of death	28 August 1944
Place of death	Duclair, France