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Erich Jaschke

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Years of service
  
1909–45

Rank
  
General der Infanterie


Name
  
Erich Jaschke

Service/branch
  
German Army

Erich Jaschke General der Infanterie Erich Jaschke Lexikon der Wehrmacht

Born
  
11 May 1890 Danzig (
1890-05-11
)

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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Siege of Leningrad Battle of Kursk

Died
  
October 18, 1961, Hamburg, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Operation Barbarossa, Battle of Bialystok–Minsk, Siege of Leningrad, Battle of Kursk, World War II

Commands held
  
20th Infantry Division, 55e corps d'armee

Erich Jaschke (11 May 1890 – 18 October 1961) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 20th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (5 November 1914) & 1st Class (5 April 1915)
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (31 May 1940) & 1st Class (8 July 1941)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 4 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 90
  • 295th Oak Leaves on 7 September 1943 as General der Infanterie and commander of LV. Armeekorps
  • References

    Erich Jaschke Wikipedia