Paul Guhl

Paul Guhl
Nickname(s)	Jupp
Born	1 June 1916 Stuttgart, Germany
Died	16 April 1997(1997-04-16) (aged 80)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1939–45
Rank	Sturmbannführer
Unit	1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross German Cross in Gold Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class

Paul Guhl (1 June 1916 – 16 April 1997) was a Sturmbannführer (Major), in the Waffen-SS who as awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 June 1944. When he was the commander of the 3rd (Armoured) Battalion, 2nd Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler.

Commands

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Krätschmer, Ernst-Günther (1999). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Waffen-SS [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Waffen-SS]. Coburg, Germany: Nation Europa Verlag. ISBN 978-3-920677-43-9.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the SS Division Leibstandarte

Staff	Sepp Dietrich¹ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Theodor Wisch (Oak Leaves & Swords) Rudolf Lehmann² (Oak Leaves)

Units	Hans Becker Josef Diefenthal Albert Frey (Oak Leaves) Erich Göstl Erich Grätz Martin Groß Paul Guhl Alfred Günther Max Hansen (Oak Leaves) Frank Hasse Heinrich Heimann Fritz Henke Konrad Heubeck Georg Karck Hugo Kraas (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Kling Herbert Kuhlmann Gustav Knittel Kurt Meyer⁸ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Heinz Nowotnik Joachim Peiper (Oak Leaves & Swords) Gerhard Pleiß Werner Pötschke (Oak Leaves) Karl Rettlinger Rudolf von Ribbentrop Georg Preuß Rudolf Sandig Bernhard Siebken Heinrich Springer Hermann Weiser Fritz Witt⁶ (Oak Leaves) Michael Wittmann⁴ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Werner Wolff Max Wünsche⁵ (Oak Leaves)

¹Diamonds with the I SS Panzer Corps. ²Oak Leaves with the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich. ⁴Swords with 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion. ⁵Oak Leaves with the SS Division Hitlerjugend. ⁶Knight's with the SS Division Das Reich. ⁸Swords with the SS Division Hitlerjugend.

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