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Walter Koch was born 10. September 1910 in Bonn. In April 1929 he joined as a lieutenant to the provincial police. After the formation of the Weckeho police squad for special uses became its national. Service several times changed his name and eventually he was under the name of the regiment general Göring transferred to the air force. Passed to him and Koch. In April 1938 he was promoted to captain and at the end of the following year, entrusted with the command of the of the test section Friedrichshafen, which was soon renamed employing koch's postulates assault section. The aim of the unit should be kluzákový raid strategic positions in Belgium after vypknutí the battle of France. Specifically, it was about the conquest of the modern belgian fortress of Eben-Emael and the cast of the bridges at Veldwezelt, Vroenhoevenu and Kanne. The latter bridge had proven defenders to fire into the air, but the other tasks were fulfilled. Koch was rewarded with the awarding of the Knight's cross. In may 1941 he was Koch promoted to major and took over command of the Even. battalion kluzákového attack regiment 1, with whom he passed the battle on Crete, specifically, the battle for Maleme. Members of his unit conquered the designated position, but the Koch think of the action carried head injury.
Koch took over in march 1942 command of the paradesantním regiment 5 and in the following month he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. Together with the regiment he was in mid-November 1942 moved to Tunisia. During the fighting in airport Depienne took his men several personnel of the british 2. battalion of the parachute regiment. Koch of the prisoners taken care of and handed them over to other components of the armed forces. Koch and commander of his Even. battalion captain Hans Jungwirth then still be able to prevent the shooting of prisoners. Shortly after he was Koch wounded in the head and sent for treatment in Germany. During the recovery period he became involved in a car accident and in October 1943 he died in one of the berlin hospitals. However, a number of paratroopers from his surroundings was convinced that this was not an accident. According to them, was the real cause of his opposition to Hitler's orders to kill the british prisoners from the ranks of the sections of the commandos, that of Koch didn't leave for himself, thereby znělíbil the Main office of reich security.
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