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Albert Buck

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Years of service
  
1913–20 1935–42

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Albert Buck


Other work
  
Police officer

Rank
  
Generalmajor

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1920)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of Denmark Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Uman Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Rostov (1941) Second Battle of Kharkov Battle of the Caucasus †

Died
  
September 6, 1942, Novorossiysk, Russia

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Commands held
  
198th Infantry Division

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Albert Buck (23 January 1895 – 6 September 1942) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Buck was killed in action on 6 September 1942 near Novorossiysk, Soviet Union.

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Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (17 April 1940) & 1st Class (1 August 1940)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 July 1941 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 305
  • German Cross in Gold on 13 September 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of the 198. Infanterie-Division

    • References

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