The Life of Hans Graf von Sponeck (English)

A short video about Hans Graf von Sponeck (1888-1944)

References:
Afrrs - wikipedia
Ziegelbrenner - wikipedia
Dutch national archive wikipedia
Maximilian Dörrbecker (Chumwa) wikipedia
Federal German Archive wikipedia

[robertbertagna]

very good presentation better than history channel

[KevinSmith-yhtl]

Another informative info on an individual we might not have otherwise known about.
Danke Wolf! 👏

[daviddoran]

The Crimea was an extraordinary battlefield in that war...id love to explore it.

[fredmidtgaard]

The first picture of soldiers marching is of colonial Indian soldiers. The "Iron Cross" (1:40) is a fake version of the very rare Gross creutch that only very few such as Gøring got. The video would benefit from more details.

[maciejn]

Hello. You could develope that his division 22. infanterie division took part in biggest battle of September 1939. Bataille of Bzura where Polish Army "Poznań" of general Kutrzeba launched counteroffensive which during several days created some serious difficulties for Germans.

[daviddoran]

I knew about von Sponeck....but I didn't know he was involved in the murders of prisoners..

[daviddoran]

Did you know that the biggest gun in history fired ONLY in Sevastopol????