What is Hans-Ulrich Rudel?
[[File:Special Film Project 186 - Hans-Ulrich Rudel.jpg|thumb|Hans-Ulrich Rudel after his capture in 1945]] ''Oberst'' (Colonel) '''Hans-Ulrich Rudel''' (2 July 1916 in [[Grzędy|Konradswaldau]] – 18 December 1982 in [[Rosenheim]]) was a [[Stuka]] [[dive bomber]] [[pilot]] on the eastern front during [[World War II]]. He was the most highly decorated [[Germans|German]] serviceman of the war.<ref>Just, Günther 1986. ''Stuka Pilot Hans Ulrich Rudel''. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Military History. {{ISBN|0-88740-252-6}}</ref> Rudel was one of only 27 military men to be awarded the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. He was the only person to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with ''Golden'' Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. It was Germany's highest military decoration at the time. After the war he went to South America and helped organize [[Nazism|Nazi]] refugees. == References == {{reflist}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rudel, Hans-Ulrich}} [[Category:1916 births]] [[Category:1982 deaths]] [[Category:German colonels]] [[Category:German aviators]] [[Category:German military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:People from former German territories]]