The Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves, 1940-1945: Biographies and Images of the 889 Recipients of Hitler’s Highest Military Award - Hardcover

This extensive, two-volume set presents every recipient of the Knights Cross with Oakleaves, awarded during the Second World War, and presented personally by Hitler from 1940 until 1945. Described inside and shown with at least one photograph are each of the 889 recipients from the Luftwaffe, Heer, Waffen-SS, and Kriegsmarine, as well as foreign recipients. This work contains over 1000 photographs, from the authors own collection as well as other private collections. This is first time such a work has been written in the English language and is a must for anyone interested in Germanys highest decoration, as well as anyone interested in the careers of each recipient.

Jeremy Dixon has been interested in the Third Reich for thirty-five years and has written four books on the subject. He lives in England and has collected photographs and postcards of Knight's Cross recipients for a number of years.