LATE WAR (1945 ISSUE) LUFTWAFFE SOLDBUCH

Scarce Late War Luftwaffe Soldbuch
With official note inside front cover-
Confirming no photograph of the owner attached.

Issued 20th February 1945 to-
Heinrich Bull , a Roman Catholic born 25/10/1896
A called up WW1 veteran
Who’d been awarded the Iron Cross & Honour Cross

In 1945 he was attached to the 4th Replacement heavy Flack Battery,
Stationed in Iserlohn Germany (Rhur Pocket)
With the rank of Kanonier (Gunner)
He was hospitalised on 18th March 1945
(Illness or Wounded it doesn’t say)
By this time heavy flak units were engaged in ground combat.
Outnumbered ,outgunned & the war obviously lost
Field Marshal Walter Model dissolved Army Group B
With the Rhur pocket surrendering on 16th April,
To American forces.
With over 300,000 Pows taken
Along with at least 10,000 German dead.
One of the Last Stands of Nazi Germany
When Old men and boys ,
Faced seasoned Allied troops and heavy Armour.

Good clean condition & a very collectable item.

Code: 51414