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Hans Degen

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Years of service
  
1916–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Hans Degen

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


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

Battles/wars
  
World War I Spanish Civil War World War II Invasion of Poland Invasion of Norway Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Battles of Rzhev Petsamo–Kirkenes Offensive

Died
  
November 8, 1971, Bad Tolz, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Spanish Civil War

Commands held
  
2nd Mountain Division

Hans Degen (18 February 1899 – 8 November 1971) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 11 March 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 2. Gebirgs-Division
  • References

    Hans Degen Wikipedia