NameEugen-Heinrich Bleyer Service/branchGerman Army
AllegianceGerman Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Silberfuchs
Operation Polarfuchs
Lower Dnieper Offensive
Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944) DiedMarch 18, 1979, Bad Tolz, Germany AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and warsWorld War I, Battle of France Commands held258th Infantry Division, 181st Infantry Division Similar PeopleWladyslaw 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.
Awards and decorations
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 December 1941 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 379
Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (17 August 1967)
