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Botho Kollberg

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Years of service
  
1915–20 1934–45

Other work
  
Bank Manager

Service/branch
  
German Army

Commands held
  
Infanterie-Regiment 23

Name
  
Botho Kollberg

Born
  
11 July 1898 Neuhauser (
1898-07-11
)

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

Rank
  
Generalmajor (Posthumously)

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive †

Died
  
January 24, 1944, Gatchina, Russia

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, Siege of Leningrad, Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive

Botho Kollberg (11 July 1898 – 24 January 1944) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Kolberg was killed during the Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive to relief the Siege of Leningrad. As a result he was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor and awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (6 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (24 June 1941)
  • Wound Badge
  • in Black (?)
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • German Cross in Gold on 11 January 1942 as Major in the I./Infanterie-Regiment 2
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 6 September 1942 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 23
  • 384th Oak Leaves on 8 February 1944 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 23

    • References

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