Heinz Greiner

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Years of service 1914–45 Name Heinz Greiner		Service/branch German Army

Nickname(s) Heinz"The Lion of Yelnya" Born 12 August 1895Amberg Germany ( 1895-08-12 ) Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Rank Major-General (Generalleutnant) Battles/wars World War ISiege of AntwerpFirst Battle of YpresSecond Battle of YpresSecond Battle of the AisneBattle of ArrasGerman Revolution of 1918-1919World War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Yelnya OffensiveBattle of MoscowBattle of Smolensk (1943)Italian CampaignOperation DiademBattle of Monte CassinoBattle of GarfagnanaGothic Line OffensiveOperation Grapeshot Died November 19, 1977, Rottach-Egern, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Commands held 268th Infantry Division

Heinz Greiner (12 August 1895 – 19 November 1977) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

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During Operation Barbarossa Greiner reached divisional level command. The division was destroyed in the Soviet Operation Bagration in the summer of 1944, along with much of Army Group Centre. Greiner was transferred to Italy where he took command of the 362nd Infantry Division.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (4 December 1914) & 1st Class (25 November 1918)

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (4 October 1939) & 1st Class (20 October 1939)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 22 September 1941 as Colonel (Oberst ) and commander of Grenadier Regiment 499.

572nd Oak Leaves on 5 September 1944 as Major-General (Generalleutnant) and commander of the 362nd Infantry Division

References

Heinz Greiner Wikipedia

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