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Years of service
  
1914–201934–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Gerhard Lindemann

Rank
  
Generalmajor


Gerhard Lindemann Gerhard Lindemann Lehrer Landesschulrat O XING

Born
  
2 August 1896Verden an der Aller (
1896-08-02
)

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

Battles/wars
  
World War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battles of RzhevBattle of KurskLvov–Sandomierz Offensive

Died
  
April 28, 1994, Bremen, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa

Commands held
  
1st Infantry Division

Gerhard Heinrich Lindemann (2 August 1896 – 28 April 1994) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, awarded by Nazi Germany for successful military leadership.

Lindemann surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet July 1944 Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet union, he was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (5 October 1915) & 1st Class (25 April 1918)
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class & 1st Class (10 June 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 7 March 1942 as Oberstleutnant in 216th Infantry Regiment
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 25 January 1943 as Oberst and commander of 216th Infantry Regiment
  • 580th Oak Leaves on 10 September 1944 as Generalmajor and acting divisional commander of 361st Infantry Division

    • References

    Gerhard Lindemann Wikipedia
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