Ehrenfried Oskar Boege

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Years of service 1913-45 Rank General der Infanterie		Name Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege Service/branch German Army

Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIAnnexation of the SudetenlandInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of MoscowBattle of Smolensk (1943)Courland Pocket Died December 31, 1965, Hildesheim, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France Commands held 197th Infantry Division, 43e corps d'armee, 18th Army

Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege (11 November 1889 – 31 December 1965) was a German general during World War II who held several corps level commands. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Boege surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 in the Courland Pocket. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (30 September 1914) & 1st Class (6 February 1917)

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (16 June 1940) &1st Class (16 June 1940)

German Cross in Gold on 13 January 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of the 197. Infanterie-Division

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 22 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 7

Oak Leaves on 21 September 1944 as General der Infanterie and commander of XXXXIII. Armee-Korps

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