Years of service 1914–45 Rank Generalleutnant | Name Hans Traut Service/branch German Army | |
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Kiev (1941)
Battle of Moscow
Battle of the Caucasus
Battle of Kursk
Operation Bagration
Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive Died December 9, 1974, Darmstadt, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France Commands held 10th Infantry Division, 263e division d'infanterie, 78th Infantry Division |
Hans Traut (25 January 1895 – 9 December 1974) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
Traut surrendered to the Red Army troops in the course of the Soviet 1944 Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive. In 1947 he was convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union and sentenced to 25 years of forced labor. Traut was released in 1955.
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