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Years of service
  
1914–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Eberhard Kurowski

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


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

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceBalkans CampaignOperation BarbarossaBattle of MoscowSecond Battle of KharkovBattle of Smolensk (1943)Operation BagrationVitebsk–Orsha Offensive

Died
  
September 11, 1957, Stanzach, Austria

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Commands held
  
110th Infantry Division

Eberhard von Kurowski (10 September 1895 – 11 September 1957) was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Kurowski surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet 1944 Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 January 1942 as Oberst i.G. and Chief of Generalstab XXXX. Armeekorps

    • References

    Eberhard von Kurowski Wikipedia
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