He was awarded the Knight's Cross for his bravery and leadership in Normandy, in the Caen sector at Le Mesnil-Patry and Cheux, when on 27 June his company destroyed 37 Allied tanks, 11 of which Siegel destroyed himself.
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During the fighting in spring 1945, in the Esztergom Bridgehead, in preparation for Operation Spring Awakening, the Battalion committed itself to a night attack during the night of 7 and 8 March, and overcame a Russian anti-tank force within the first two kilometers advancing towards Puszta Antal which is six kilometers away.
Hans Christian Andersen | Hans Holbein the Younger | Hans Zimmer | Hans Werner Henze | Hans Memling | Hans Pfitzner | Hans Küng | Bugsy Siegel | Hans Conried | Hans Knappertsbusch | Hans Magnus Enzensberger | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | Hans Blix | Jerry Siegel | Hans Zender | Hans Scholl | Hans Hofmann | Hans Christian Ørsted | Don Siegel | Hans Raj Hans | Hans Habe | Hans Baldung | Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza | Hans von Ohain | Hans van Manen | Hans Urs von Balthasar | Hans Sloane | Hans Rosbaud | Hans-Georg Backhaus | Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein |