Edmund Blaurock

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Years of service 1917–45 Rank Generalleutnant		Name Edmund Blaurock Service/branch German Army

Born 12 October 1899Nuremberg ( 1899-10-12 ) Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IIAnnexation of AustriaInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of MoscowBattles of RzhevOperation BagrationVitebsk–Orsha OffensiveEast Prussian OffensiveHeiligenbeil Pocket Died January 25, 1966, Nuremberg, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Commands held 56th Infantry Division, 5th Jager Division Similar People Wladyslaw Sikorski, Gerd von Rundstedt, Albert Kesselring, Walter Weis, Heinz Guderian

Edmund Blaurock (12 October 1899 – 25 January 1966) was a general in the army of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (26 August 1918)

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (24 September 1939) & 1st Class (24 October 1939)

German Cross in Gold on 4 June 1944 as Oberst im Generalstab (in the General Staff) and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 320

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 27 July 1944 as Oberst im Generalstab and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 320

746th Oak Leaves on 19 February 1945 as Generalmajor and commander of 56. Infanterie-Division

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