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Name
  
Gustav Fehn

Service/branch
  
German Army


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Born
  
21 February 1892Nuremberg (
1892-02-21
)

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

Rank
  
General der Panzertruppe

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War II

Died
  
June 5, 1945, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Commands held
  
5th Panzer Division, Afrika Korps

Battles and wars
  
World War I, World War II

Gustav Fehn (21 February 1892 – 5 June 1945) was a German general during World War II.

Fehn served in the Afrika Korps from November 1942 to January 1943, LXXVI Panzer Corps from July–August 1943, the XXI Army Corps from October 1943 - July 1944 and then the XV Mountain Corps in the Balkans until his surrender to Yugoslav partisans, who shot him without trial on 5 June 1945.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
  • Iron Cross
  • 2nd Class (20 September 1939)
  • 1st Class (12 October 1939)
  • Panzer Badge in Silver
  • German Cross in Gold (7 July 19
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 August 1940 as Oberst and commander of Schützen-Regiment 33

    • References

    Gustav Fehn Wikipedia
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