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Erich Otto Schmidt

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Years of service
  
1919–45

Rank
  
Generalmajor


Name
  
Erich-Otto Schmidt

Service/branch
  
German Army

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Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War IIInvasion of PolandEastern FrontBattle of the Bulge

Died
  
June 18, 1959, Buhlertal, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Eastern Front, Battle of the Bulge, World War II

Commands held
  
916th Grenadier Regiment, 352nd Infantry Division

Erich-Otto Schmidt (17 August 1899 – 18 June 1959) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 352. Volksgrenadier Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

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Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 August 1943 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 679

    • References

    Erich-Otto Schmidt Wikipedia
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