Ernst Philipp

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Years of service 1931–451955–71 Name Ernst Philipp		Service/branch German Army Commands held 3rd Panzer Brigade

Born 13 October 1912Senitz ( 1912-10-13 ) Allegiance Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany Rank Oberst (Wehrmacht)Generalmajor (Bundeswehr) Battles/wars World War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradBattle of MoscowBattles of RzhevCherkassy PocketHube's PocketBattle of DebrecenBudapest OffensiveOperation KonradOperation FruhlingserwachenVienna Offensive Died March 16, 2005, Warendorf, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Ernst-Georg Kurt Philipp (13 October 1912 – 16 March 2005) was a German officer (Oberst) in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a Generalmajor in the Bundeswehr. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (29 September 1939) & 1st Class (21 October 1939)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 28 November 1940 as Oberleutnant and chief of the 4./Panzer-Regiment 1

599th Oak Leaves on 30 September 1944 as Major and Panzer officer of the Stab AOK 8 (8. Armee)

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