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Heinrich Nickel

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Years of service
  
1914–18 1935–46


Rank
  
Generalleutnant

Name
  
Heinrich Nickel

Died
  
2 January 1979(1979-01-02) (aged 84) Lingen

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Nazi Germany (to 1945)

Commands held
  
342nd Infantry Division

Heinrich Georg Nickel (5 December 1894 – 2 January 1979) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the 342nd Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (29 July 1916) 1st Class (18 August 1918)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (19 September 1939) & 1st Class (13 November 1939)
  • German Cross in Gold on 29 March 1943 as Oberst in Grenadier-Regiment 502
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 16 June 1940 as Oberst and commander of III./Infanterie-Regiment 26
  • 543rd Oak Leaves on 8 August 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 342. Infanterie-Division

    • References

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