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Years of service
  
1914–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Clemens Betzel

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


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Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945)

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIAnnexation of AustriaAnnexation of the SudetenlandInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Kiev (1941)Battle of MoscowBattle of KurskLublin–Brest OffensiveBattle of Radzymin (1944)Courland PocketEast Pomeranian Offensive †

Died
  
March 27, 1945, Gdansk, Poland

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Commands held
  
4th Panzer Division

Clemens Betzel (9 June 1895 – 27 March 1945) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the 4. Panzer-Division during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (24 September 1939) & 1st Class (10 October 1939)
  • German Cross in Gold on 11 March 1943 as Oberst in Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 103
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 5 September 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of 4. Panzer-Division
  • Oak Leaves on 11 March 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 4. Panzer-Division

    • References

    Clemens Betzel Wikipedia
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