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Christian Usinger

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Years of service
  
1914–45

Commands held
  
Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Christian Usinger


Born
  
21 August 1894Wilhelmshaven (
1894-08-21
)

Allegiance
  
Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IICourland Pocket

Died
  
April 2, 1949, Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia

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.

Awards and decorations

  • German Cross in Gold on 19 September 1942 as Oberst in Arko 110
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 as Generalmajor and leader of the 81. Infanterie-Division
  • References

    Christian Usinger Wikipedia


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