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Carl Erik Koehler

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Years of service
  
1914–45

Rank
  
General der Kavallerie


Name
  
Carl-Erik Koehler

Service/branch
  
German Army

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Lower Dnieper Offensive Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive Battle of Halbe

Died
  
December 8, 1958, Rheine, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of the Dnieper, Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, Battle of Halbe, World War II

Commands held
  
306e division d'infanterie, 33e corps d'armee, XX Army Corps

Carl-Erik Koehler (3 December 1895 – 8 December 1958) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Koehler was the grandson of Captain Hubert Dilger, a German-born artillery officer who served with Battery I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery and was awarded the Medal of Honor for distinguished service at Chancellorsville, VA on May 2, 1863.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 May 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 306. Infanterie-Division
  • References

    Carl-Erik Koehler Wikipedia