Arthur Finger

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Years of service 1914–201935–45 Service/branch German Army Name Arthur Finger		Other work Police officer Rank Generalmajor

Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1920) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaOperation Silver FoxBattle of the CaucasusLvov–Sandomierz OffensiveVistula-Oder Offensive † Died January 27, 1945, Czestochowa, Poland Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa
Commands held 291st Infantry Division

Arthur Finger (18 January 1898 – 27 January 1945) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Finger was killed on 27 January 1945 near Tschenstochau, Poland during the Soviet Vistula–Oder Offensive.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 November 1943 as Oberst and commander of Artillerie-Regiment 306

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