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Hans von der Mosel

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Years of service
  
1916–45

Rank
  
Generalmajor


Name
  
Hans der

Service/branch
  
German Army

Hans von der Mosel

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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Invasion of Yugoslavia Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) Battles of Rzhev Operation Overlord Battle for Brest

Died
  
April 12, 1969, Nienburg, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France

Hans von der Mosel (3 May 1898 – 12 April 1969) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Mosel surrendered to American forces on 19 September 1944 after the fall of Brest.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (12 August 1918)
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (24 December 1940) & 1st Class (25 July 1941)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 9 August 1942 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 548
  • 589th Oak Leaves on 18 September 1944 as Generalmajor and Chief of staff of the fortress Brest (France)

    • References

    Hans von der Mosel Wikipedia
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