Years of service 1914–45 Commands held I Army Corps Service/branch German Army | Name Christian Usinger Rank Generalleutnant | |
Born 21 August 1894
Wilhelmshaven ( 1894-08-21 ) Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Courland Pocket Died April 2, 1949, Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Courland Pocket, World War II | ||
Christian Usinger (21 August 1894 – 2 April 1949) was a German general during World War II who commanded the I Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Usinger surrendered to the Soviet Forces in 1945 in the Courland Pocket. He died in a POW camp in the Soviet Union in early 1949.
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