World War II
Tetsch started World War II in the SS Germania Regiment which at the time was part of the SS-VT. On the reformation of the SS-VT after the Battle of France he was part of the SS Division Das Reich and given command of the 8th (Heavy) Company, 2nd SS Panzer Regiment. He then went onto command the III. Battalion, 2nd SS Panzer Regiment between July and October 1943. This unit had been formed with captured T-34 tanks crewed by the 2nd SS Panzerjager Battalion.
In 1944 Tetsch was posted to the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg to command the I. Battalion, 10th SS Panzer Regiment, a Panther tank battalion. It was while in command of this battalion that he was awarded the Knight's Cross serving on the Eastern Front in March 1945. Shortly after, he assumed command of the 10th SS Panzer Regiment until the end of the war.
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