WWII German Wehrpass – Gefreiter Kapralik – Panzer Späh – Aufklarungs Regiment 9 – Iron Cross Posthum -KIA in France 1940 – with EKM! Rare
Description
Kapralik was enlisted in the German Army in 1938, with the Austrian Aufklarungs Regiment 9 (Vienna).
He was trained on the K98, Luger P08 and the MG34 and KwK30!
The regiment was set up with a 1st (motorcycle) division with 4 squadrons and a 2nd (tank reconnaissance) division with 3 squadrons. After it was set up, the regiment was placed under the command of the 4th Light Division. While it was still being set up, the regiment marched into Slovakia from 9th to 18th October 1938. The regiment remained there until it moved to its deployment area west of the High Tatras on 19th August 1939. The Polish campaign began on 1st September 1939 with the advance from the Beskids via Tarnow and Rzeszow to the San. The regiment then took part in the encirclement battle at Tomaszow with the front facing west.
After the end of the Polish campaign, the regiment remained in Poland until 25th October 1939 and then returned home before finally being relocated to the west of the Reich. During its stay in Poland, the regiment’s leadership also changed. Lieutenant Colonel von Hauschild took over the 7th Panzer Regiment and Lieutenant Colonel Vichytil, commander of the 1st Battalion, took his place as head of the regiment. There the 4th Light Division was converted into the 9th Panzer Division, and the regiment continued to be subordinate to this division.
In the Western campaign the regiment joined forces with the paratroopers who had dropped out at Moerdijk on 11 May 1940 and fought their way into Rotterdam. Moved to the Somme for action at Dunkirk, the regiment advanced from 5 June 1940 via Amiens towards Paris and as far as Clermont. Turning south, it left Coulommiers-La Charité on 10 June, where the secret files of the French General Staff were captured.
It continued towards Lyon and Roanne, which was taken on 19 June. From there, the regiment was thrown to the southwest, reaching Bordeaux before France surrendered. Following the immediate march home, the regiment was disbanded on July 31, 1940, after almost exactly two years of its existence.
Killed on the 19.06.1940 in France at 08:30 he was hit in the head with a bullet in Le Monjon , he was buried at the Castle Taligny. His body was later moved to Andilly France.
