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Harry Andree

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Years of service
  
1931–44

Name
  
Harry Andree

Service/branch
  
German Army

Rank
  
Oberstleutnant

Died
  
August 15, 1944, Poland

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
I./Grenadier-Regiment 504

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Battle of Kiev (1943) Lower Dnieper Offensive Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive Hube's Pocket Operation Bagration Lublin–Brest Offensive

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa

Harry Andree (2 October 1913 – 15 August 1944) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant 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. Harry Andree died on 15 August 1944 in a field hospital in Borzecin, Poland.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (13 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (1 October 1941)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • in Silver
  • in Gold (13 April 1944)
  • Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (1 September 1941)
  • Close Combat Clasp
  • in Bronze (1 March 1944)
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 May 1944 as Major and commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 504

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