Years of service 1914–45 Rank Generalleutnant | Name Eugen-Heinrich Bleyer Service/branch German Army | |
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Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Silberfuchs
Operation Polarfuchs
Lower Dnieper Offensive
Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944) Died March 18, 1979, Bad Tolz, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France Commands held 258th Infantry Division, 181st Infantry Division Similar People Wladyslaw Sikorski, Gerd von Rundstedt, Heinz Guderian, John Vereker - 6th Visco, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb | ||
Eugen-Heinrich Bleyer (20 November 1896 – 18 March 1979) was a German general during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Bleyer surrendered to the Yugoslavian troops in May 1945. In 1949 he was sentenced to death, but his sentence was changed to 18 years imprisonment and he was released in 1952.
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