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Erich Buschenhagen

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Years of service
  
1914–45

Rank
  
General der Infanterie


Name
  
Erich Buschenhagen

Service/branch
  
German Army


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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Annexation of Austria Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Operation Weserubung Lower Dnieper Offensive Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944)

Died
  
September 13, 1994, Kronberg im Taunus, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Anschluss, Invasion of Poland

Commands held
  
15th Infantry Division, LII Army Corps

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.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (22 November 1914) & 1st Class (7 October 1917)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (17 September 1939) & 1st Class (26 September 1939)
  • German Cross in Gold on 19 July 1942 as Generalmajor in AOK Norwegen
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 5 December 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 15. Infanterie Division
  • Oak Leaves on 4 July 1944 as General der Infanterie and commander of LII. Armeekorps

    • References

    Erich Buschenhagen Wikipedia
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