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In the early morning of 10 May 1940, before a formal German declaration of war to the Netherlands, these groups crossed the border to secure bridges in North Brabant and Limburg. Van Noord led the assault on the railway bridge at Gennep. For this action, he received the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class and, on 24 June 1940, the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. During the operation he sustained a head injury and was briefly treated at a hospital in Bedburg-Hau (Kleve). | In the early morning of 10 May 1940, before a formal German declaration of war to the Netherlands, these groups crossed the border to secure bridges in North Brabant and Limburg. Van Noord led the assault on the railway bridge at Gennep. For this action, he received the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class and, on 24 June 1940, the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. During the operation he sustained a head injury and was briefly treated at a hospital in Bedburg-Hau (Kleve). | ||
=== Brandenburg formation and Eastern Front service (1940–1943) === | === Brandenburg formation and Eastern Front service (1940–1943) === | ||