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Ernst Dehner

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Years of service
  
1914–45

Rank
  
General der Infanterie


Name
  
Ernst Dehner

Service/branch
  
German Army

Ernst Dehner

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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow

Died
  
September 13, 1970, Wiesbaden, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France

Commands held
  
1. Nassauisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 87, 106th Infantry Division, 82e corps d'armee

Ernst Dehner (5 March 1889 – 13 September 1970) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. In 1948 he was found guilty of war crimes at the Hostages Trial and was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment, but was released in 1951.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 October 1941 as Generalmajor and commander of 106. Infanterie-Division
  • References

    Ernst Dehner Wikipedia