Ernst Merk

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Years of service 1923–45 Service/branch German Army Died 1976, Munich, Germany		Name Ernst Merk Rank Generalmajor Unit III Army Corps, 18th Army

Allegiance Weimar Republic (1923 to 1933) Nazi Germany (1933 to 1945) Germany (1945 to 1949) Germany (1949 to 1955) Battles/wars World War IIBattle of the CaucasusBattle of the Korsun-Cherkassy PocketKamenets-Podolsky pocketCourland Pocket Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Battle of the Caucasus

Ernst Merk (27 September 1903 – 12 June 1975) was a general in the Army of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 July 1944 as Oberst im Generalstab and chief of the general staff of the III. Panzerkorps

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