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Heinrich Meyer Buerdorf

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Years of service
  
1908–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Heinrich Meyer-Buerdorf

Rank
  
General der Artillerie


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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Moscow Battle of Smolensk (1943)

Died
  
May 1, 1971, Kassel, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France

Commands held
  
131st Infantry Division

Heinrich Meyer-Buerdorf (13 December 1888 – 1 May 1971) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 131st Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 November 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of 131. Infanterie-Division
  • References

    Heinrich Meyer-Buerdorf Wikipedia