Erich Schopper

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Years of service 1912–45 Rank Generalleutnant		Name Erich Schopper Service/branch German Army

Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Commands held 81. Infanterie-Division Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradDemyansk Pocket Died August 18, 1978, Minden, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, Siege of Leningrad, Demyansk Pocket, World War II

Erich Schopper (2 July 1892 – 18 August 1978) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 April 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 81. Infanterie-Division

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