How many German soldiers won the top award of the Knight's Cross with Diamonds in World War 2 and are their names listed at some site on the web?
There were 7318 Knight's Cross won by German soliders, of these
144 were won by U-Boat members. If you go to google.com and type
into the search parameters " winners Iron Cross" you will come up
with many hits and more information you can read.
Twenty-seven Germans were awarded the Knight's Cross, with
swords and "diamonds" on the Silver Oakleaves.
One of those twenty-seven went on to receive the highest award
of the Knight's Cross, with swords, "diamonds," and Gold
Oakleaves.
The winners were: Gold Oakleaves and "Diamonds": Erich R�del
Stuka Pilot
Silver Oakleaves and "Diamonds." Werner M�lders Luftwaffe Adolf
Galland Luftwaffe Gordon McGollob Luftwaffe Han-Joachim Marseille
Luftwaffe Hermann Graf Luftwaffe Erwin Rommel Army Panzer General
Wolfgang L�th Navy U-Boats Walter Nowotny Luftwaffe Adalbert Schulz
Army General Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz Panzer General Hermann Balck
Army General Bernhard Ramcke Paratroop General Heinz Wolfgang
Schnaufer Luftwaffe Albrecht Brandi Navy U-Boat Herbert Gille SS
General Hans Hube Army General Albert Kesselring Luftwaffe General
(Army)* (see below) Helmut Lent Luftwaffe night fighter Sepp
Dietrich SS General Walter Model Army General Erich Hartmann
Luftwaffe Ferdinand Sch�rner Army General Hasso von Manteuffel Army
General Theodor Tolsdorff Army General Dr. Karl Mauss Army General
Dietrich von Saucken Army General ==============================
While the requirements to earn the Knight's Cross could change,
especially in the Luftwaffe, the following was used at one time:
Submarines: Knights Cross for 100,000t sunk. Oakleaves added for
200,000t sunk - - - - - - - - Luftwaffe: 17 Kills = Knight's Cross
40 Kills = with Oakleaves 70 Kills = with Swords 100 Kills = with
"Diamonds."
John