1Profiles of the 98 German soldiers--out of millions--who received both the Knight's Cross (for extreme bravery) and the Close-Combat Clasp in Gold (for at least 50 days of hand-to-hand fighting) during World War II Includes soldiers from the Army, Luftwaffe, and Waffen SS Definitive reference with exciting narrative and exhaustive footnotes Packed with hundreds of photos, many of them not available elsewhere