Alfons Hitter

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Years of service 1914–181922–45 Service/branch German Army Name Alfons Hitter		Other work NKFD Rank Generalleutnant


Born 4 June 1892Hochstatt, Alsace-Lorraine ( 1892-06-04 ) Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of MoscowBattles of RzhevOperation BagrationVitebsk–Orsha Offensive Died March 11, 1968, Konigswinter, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France Commands held 5. Artillerie-Regiment, 206th Infantry Division Similar People Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Georg‑Hans Reinhardt, Ivan Bagramyan, Kurt von Tippelskirch

Alfons Hitter (4 June 1892, Hochstatt, Alsace-Lorraine – 11 March 1968) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 206th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

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Hitter surrendered to the Soviet forces during Operation Bagration when his division was encircled and destroyed at Vitebsk. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held in prison for eleven years, joining the National Committee for a Free Germany while in captivity. He was released in 1955.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (2 September 1914) & 1st Class (5 February 1916)

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (13 May 1940) & 1st Class (2 July 1940)

German Cross in Gold on 15 December 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 206. Infanterie-Division

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 14 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of Artillerie-Regiment 178

488th Oak Leaves on 4 June 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 206. Infanterie-Division

References

Alfons Hitter Wikipedia

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