Hans Kissel

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Years of service 1915–191935–45 Rank Generalmajor		Name Hans Kissel Service/branch German Army
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1919) Nazi Germany Commands held Chief of the Operations-Staff of the Volkssturm Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of UmanBattle of Kiev (1941)First Battle of KharkovBattle of the CaucasusLower Dnieper OffensiveDnieper–Carpathian OffensiveFirst Jassy-Kishinev OffensiveJassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944) Died November 30, 1975, Aglasterhausen, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Books Hitler's Last Levy: The Volkssturm 1944-45 Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France

Hans Kissel (19 February 1897 – 30 November 1975) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914)

2nd Class

1st Class

Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918

Iron Cross (1939)

2nd Class

1st Class

Wound Badge (1939)

in Black or Silver

Eastern Front Medal

German Cross in Gold (18 June 1942)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 March 1944 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 683

References

Hans Kissel Wikipedia

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