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Hans Ulrich Back

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Years of service
  
1914–45

Rank
  
Generalmajor


Name
  
Hans-Ulrich Back

Service/branch
  
German Army

Hans-Ulrich Back Generalmajor HansUlrich Back Lexikon der Wehrmacht

Born
  
26 August 1896 Saarbrucken (
1896-08-26
)

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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Annexation of Austria Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Battle of Greece Operation Barbarossa Battle of Moscow Battles of Rzhev Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive Hube's Pocket Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive Operation Fruhlingserwachen

Died
  
February 14, 1976, Hagen, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Anschluss, Invasion of Poland

Commands held
  
Panzer division, 178e Panzerdivision, Panzer Division Tatra

Hans-Ulrich Back (26 August 1896 – 14 February 1976) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who held several divisional commands. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 August 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of I./Schützen-Regiment 2
  • References

    Hans-Ulrich Back Wikipedia