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Years of service
  
1927–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Hans-Joachim Kahler

Rank
  
Generalmajor


Hans-Joachim Kahler Oberstleutnant HansJoachim Kahler WW2 Portraits Germans

Born
  
21 March 1908Morhange (Morchingen) (
1908-03-21
)

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Siege of LeningradBattle of KurskBattle of Smolensk (1943)Gumbinnen OperationBattle of the Bulge

Died
  
January 14, 2000, Hamburg, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Commands held
  
Fuhrer Grenadier Brigade

Hans-Joachim Kahler (21 March 1908 – 14 January 2000) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (3 July 1940) & 1st Class (3 September 1941)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 14 April 1943 as Major and commander of Kradschützen-Bataillon 34
  • 355th Oak Leaves on 17 December 1943 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5

    • References

    Hans-Joachim Kahler Wikipedia
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