Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock Explained

Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock
Birth Date:	6 May 1897
Branch:	Waffen-SS
Serviceyears:	1915–45
Rank:	Oberführer
Commands:	SS Division Hohenstaufen, 4th SS Polizei Division, Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)
Battles:	World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock (6 May 1897 – 11 March 1978) was a German Waffen-SS commander during World War II who led three SS divisions, the SS Division Hohenstaufen, 4th SS Polizei Division, Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian). He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (27 July 1917)^[1]
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1934)
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 August 1941)^[1]
Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class (16 September 1941)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 28 March 1943 as SS-Obersturmführer and Oberstleutnant of the Schupo and commander of the II./SS-Polizei-Artillerie-Regiment 4^[2]
- 570th Oak Leaves on 2 September 1944 as SS-Oberführer and commander of the 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"^[2]

Book: 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 . German . Jena, Germany . Scherzers Militaer-Verlag . 978-3-938845-17-2.
Book: Thomas , Franz . 1997 . Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K . The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2299-6.