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Hans Karl von Scheele

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Years of service
  
1911–45

Rank
  
General der Infanterie


Name
  
Hans-Karl Scheele

Service/branch
  
German Army

Born
  
23 May 1892 Magdeburg (
1892-05-23
)

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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Annexation of Austria Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Uman Battle of Kiev (1941) Lower Dnieper Offensive

Died
  
October 8, 1955, Bad Homburg vor der Hohe, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Anschluss, Battle of France

Commands held
  
208th Infantry Division, LII Army Corps

Hans-Karl von Scheele (23 May 1892 – 8 October 1955) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (15 September 1914) & 1st Class (15 December 1914)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (23 September 1939) & 1st Class (16 May 1940)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 4 July 1940 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 191
  • 217th Oak Leaves on 2 April 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of Korps "Scheele"

    • References

    Hans-Karl von Scheele Wikipedia
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