Bern von Baer

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Years of service 1930–45 1955–68 Commands held III. Korps		Name Bern Baer Service/branch German Army

Born 20 March 1911 Berlin ( 1911-03-20 ) Allegiance Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany Rank Oberst i.G (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr) Battles/wars World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Battle of Stalingrad Allied invasion of Italy Cherkassy Pocket Hube's Pocket Vistula–Oder Offensive Heiligenbeil Pocket Battle of Bautzen (1945) Died November 27, 1981, Rosrath, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Bern von Baer (20 March 1911 – 27 November 1981) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II and a general in the Bundeswehr of West Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

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Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 September 1939) & 1st Class (29 May 1940)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 13 January 1944 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (in the General Staff) and Ia (operations officer) of the 16. Panzer-Division

761st Oak Leaves on 28 February 1945 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab and chief of Stab/Fallschirmjäger-Panzer-Korps "Hermann Göring"

Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (20 March 1968)

References

Bern von Baer Wikipedia

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