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Erich Straube

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Years of service
  
1907–45

Rank
  
General der Infanterie


Name
  
Erich Straube

Service/branch
  
German Army

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

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Yelnya OffensiveBattle of MoscowBattle of the CaucasusOperation OverlordBattle of Hurtgen ForestOperation Veritable

Died
  
March 31, 1971, Osterode am Harz, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France

Commands held
  
268th Infantry Division, XIII Army Corps, 74e corps d'armee, 86e corps d'armee, 1st Parachute Army

Erich Straube (11 December 1887 – 31 March 1971) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who held several corps level commands. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

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Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (11 September 1914) & 1st Class (5 May 1916)
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 in 1934
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (15 November 1939) & 1st Class (17 May 1940)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 19 July 1940 as Generalmajor and commander of 268.Infanterie-Division
  • 609th Oak Leaves on 30 September 1944 as General der Infanterie and commander of LXXIV. Armeekorps

    • References

    Erich Straube Wikipedia
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