Wolfgang Henner Peter Lebrecht Graf von Blücher (31 January 1917 – 21 May 1941) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant of the Reserves in the Fallschirmjäger during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. Graf von Blücher was one of three brothers who were killed during the Battle of Crete, all three of them on 21 May 1941.
Awards and decorations Fallschirmschützenabzeichen Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (18 April 1940)Thomas & Wegmann 1986, p. 25. 1st Class (24 May 1940) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 May 1940 as Leutnant of the Reserves and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1Fellgiebel 2000, p. 135.Scherzer 2007, p. 226.
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Beevor, Antony (2005). Crete: The Battle and the Resistance. London, England: John Murray (Publishers). ISBN 978-0-7195-6831-2