Gotthard Fischer

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Years of service 1909–201933–45 Service/branch German Army		Name Gotthard Fischer Rank Generalleutnant

Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradBaltic OffensiveRiga Offensive (1944)Courland Pocket Died July 27, 1969, Flensburg, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France
Commands held 126th Infantry Division

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Gotthard Fischer (10 January 1891 – 27 July 1969) was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Fischer surrendered to the Red Army in April 1945 in the Courland Pocket. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 7 February 1944 as Oberst and commander of 126. Infanterie-Division

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