Years of service 1911–201935–45 Service/branch German Army Died December 8, 1953 | Name Gerd-Paul Below | |
Battles/wars World War IIAnnexation of the SudetenlandInvasion of PolandBattle of the NetherlandsOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradCourland Pocket Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Battle of the Netherlands | ||
Commands held Grenadier-Regiment 374 | ||
Gerd-Paul Valerian Georg Heinrich von Below (30 November 1892 – 8 December 1953) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Below surrendered to the Soviet troops in May 1945 and died in captivity in 1953.
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