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Hans Georg Benthack

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Years of service
  
1914–19 1936–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Died
  
1973, Hamburg, Germany

Name
  
Hans-Georg Benthack

Rank
  
Generalmajor


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Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1919)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
Festungs-Division Kreta

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, Battle of Bialystok–Minsk, World War II

Hans-Georg Benthack (2 March 1894 – 17 August 1973) 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.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 10 May 1945 as Generalmajor and commander of Festungs-Division Kreta

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