Description
Heer Soldbuch issued to Johannes Büttner, born in 1919.
His Soldbuch was opened in 1940, by a Communications training unit.
His frontline unit was:
Panzer Nachrichten Regiment 10 (Panzer Armee Afrika)
The Panzerarmee Afrika then advanced on El Alamein. There, in July 1942, the first battle for El Alamein took place, which ended in a stalemate. This stopped the German advance and put Panzerarmee Afrika on the defensive. At the end of August 1942, the Battle of Alam Halfa followed, the last German offensive in Egypt. The offensive had to be abandoned on September 6, 1942 without success. On October 23, 1942 the 2nd Battle of El Alamein started. The British troops succeeded in pushing the troops of the Afrika Panzerarmee back into the Fuka area. On October 25, 1942, Panzer-AOK Afrika was renamed German-Italian Panzer Army. On November 8, 1942, British-American units landed in the Vichy-French colonies in North Africa. Due to the new war on two fronts, the troops of the Panzer Army had to give up Tobruk on November 13, 1942 and Libya at the end of January 1943. The army finally withdrew to Tunisia, and the High Command of Army Group Africa was formed there on February 23, 1943.
Awards:
Africa Cuff-title
Italian German Campaign Medal
Büttner was captured in Africa, what happened to him after we do not know.
