Years of service 1914–45 | Name Erich Buschenhagen Service/branch German Army | |
Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIAnnexation of AustriaAnnexation of the SudetenlandInvasion of PolandOperation WeserubungLower Dnieper OffensiveDnieper–Carpathian OffensiveJassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944) Died September 13, 1994, Kronberg im Taunus, Germany Battles and wars World War I, Anschluss, Invasion of Poland Commands held |
Erich Buschenhagen (8 December 1895 – 13 September 1994) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the LII Corps during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Buschenhagen surrendered to the Soviet forces in August 1944 after the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944) and was held in the Soviet Union as a war criminal until October 1955.
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