Years of service 1909–19
1935–43 Service/branch German Army Name Arno Jahr | Other work Police officer Rank Generalleutnant | |
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1919)
Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Uman
Battle of Kiev (1941)
Battle of Voronezh (1942) Died January 21, 1943, Podgornoye, Kazakhstan Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Commands held 387e division d'infanterie Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France | ||
Arno Jahr (3 December 1890 – 21 January 1943) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
He was an officer in the first World War. After 1918 he was a police officer. In 1935 he was transferred to the Wehrmacht. In 1937 he was promoted to colonel.
Jahr committed suicide on 21 January 1943 when his unit was being overrun as part of the encirclement during the Battle of Stalingrad.
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