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Friedrich Fangohr

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Years of service
  
1916–45

Rank
  
General der Infanterie


Name
  
Friedrich Fangohr

Service/branch
  
German Army

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Born
  
12 August 1899 Hanover (
1899-08-12
)

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Battle of Stalingrad Operation Winter Storm Third Battle of Kharkov Battle of Kursk Lower Dnieper Offensive Courland Pocket

Died
  
April 17, 1956, Munich, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Commands held
  
122nd Infantry Division, I Army Corps

Friedrich Fangohr (12 August 1899 – 17 April 1956) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the I Army Corps. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (24 December 1917) & 1st Class (25 October 1918)
  • Silesian Eagle 2nd Class (2 July 1919) & 1st Class (23 July 1919)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 September 1939) & 1st Class (12 October 1939)
  • Eastern Front Medal (22 August 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 as Generalleutnant and Chief of Generalstab of Panzer-A.O.K. 4

    • References

    Friedrich Fangohr Wikipedia
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