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DONTH Rudolf ~NEW~
Oberleutnant
Donth, Rudolf
* 16.02.1920 Schreiberhau, Krs. Hirschberg/Schlesien
+ 19.06.2001 Hahnenklee
Awarded Knights Cross: 14.01.1945
as: Führer, 6. Kompanie, II. Bataillon, Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4, 1. Fallschirmjäger-Division, Luftwaffe
Awarded for his multiple achievements at the front, which included the following…
1) Leading a daring patrol near Orsogna with another soldier. Here the two men snuck into the attic of a house that was being used as the command post by a British regiment. He and his comrade observed the enemy for 38 hours and returned to the German lines with valuable intelligence.
2) Defending a bridgehead southwest of Savio at the end of October 1944. On one morning his Kompanie came under attack by 10 tanks and a battalion of infantry, however this attack was repulsed. The Allies renewed their attack in the afternoon, this time against the left neighbour. Here they achieved a 1 km deep penetration with 9 tanks and infantry, all while covering Donth’s sector with artillery fire. An enemy battalion supported by 20 tanks then advanced towards Donth’s Kompanie and the road it was defending under the protection of a creeping barrage. Donth launched a counterattack with his Kompanie HQ squad, destroyed 6 Sherman tanks with his men in close combat and continued the counterthrust against the enemy infantry. He and his men relieved two encircled friendly squads and subsequently liberated 4 heavily wounded comrades that had been captured by the enemy.
3) His defensive success on a hill east of Bologna near the end of November 1944. Here Donth launched a stormtroop like attack against an allied jump-off position without any artillery preparation in order to restore the combat situation. This operation was a complete success. He and his men captured 81 prisoners (including 3 officers) as well as the equipment of two companies.
4) Launching a night attack in platoon strength against a British battalion in December 1944, forcing the latter to give up control of Monte Castellaro.
Biography
01.10.1939: entered the Luftwaffe
1940: attended Fallschirmschule 1
Early 1941: transferred to Stab/ Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 3
10.1942-04.1943: appointed Chef 2./ Fsch.Ski-Rgt.
04.1943-05.1945: transferred to 6./ Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 4
09.1944: appointed Chef 6./ Fsch.Jg.Rgt. 4
01.09.1944: promoted to Leutnant
01.10.1944: awarded DKiG, unspecified Fsch.Jg.Rgt.
14.01.1945: Feldwebel, awarded Ritterkreuz as Führer 6./ Fsch.Jäg.Rgt. 4
20.04.1945: promoted to Oberleutnant
11.09.1956: in Bundeswehr
31.03.1977: retired with a rank of Oberstleutnant
Postwar signed photo measuring 3 ¼” x 4 ½”
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