Ernst Sieler

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Years of service 1913–45 Rank Generalleutnant		Name Ernst Sieler Service/branch German Army

Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaDemyansk PocketFirst Jassy-Kishinev OffensiveLvov–Sandomierz OffensiveVistula–Oder Offensive Died October 6, 1983, Bernau am Chiemsee, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France Commands held 304e division d'infanterie, 59e corps d'armee

Ernst Sieler (22 August 1893 – 6 October 1983) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the LIX. Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Sieler surrendered to the Soviet forces in the course of Red Army's Vistula–Oder Offensive. He was held in the Soviet Union as a war criminal until 1955.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (14 September 1914) & 1st Class (1 July 1916)

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (11 May 1940) & 1st Class (23 May 1940)

German Cross in Gold on 23 February 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 304. Infanterie-Division

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 12 September 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 46

502nd Oak Leaves on 24 June 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 304. Infanterie-Division

References

Ernst Sieler Wikipedia

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