Christian Johannes Landau

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Years of service 1914–181934–45 Service/branch German Army		Name Christian-Johannes Landau Rank Generalmajor
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceEastern FrontOperation BlackcockRuhr Pocket Died December 10, 1952, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France, Eastern Front, Operation Blackcock, Ruhr Pocket, World War II
Commands held 176th Infantry Division

Christian-Johannes Landau (13 October 1897 – 10 December 1952) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 176th Infantry Division.

Awards and decorations

German Cross in Gold on 2 May 1944 as Oberst in Artillerie-Regiment 248

Nominated for Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The nomination by the troop was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) on 28 April 1945. Major Joachim Domaschk the nomination on 6 May 1945. The book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" (Awarded Knight Crosses) contains a note "postponed". The reason for this was that his division together with Heeresgruppe B had been annihilated in the Ruhr Pocket, the whereabouts of its commanding officer was unknown. The nomination was therefore not processed in accordance with AHA 44 Ziff. 572 (Allgemeines Heeresamt — General Army Office). A presentation was never made. The presentation date was assigned by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel.

References

Christian-Johannes Landau Wikipedia

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