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Hellmuth Pfeifer

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Years of service
  
1912–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Hellmuth Pfeifer

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Italian Campaign Moro River Campaign Battle of Anzio Operation Diadem Gothic Line Offensive Spring 1945 offensive in Italy

Died
  
April 22, 1945, Bologna, Italy

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France

Commands held
  
65th Infantry Division

Hans-Hellmuth Pfeifer (18 February 1894 – 22 April 1945) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 65th Infantry Division. Its field of operation was Italy at the time of his command (from 1 Dec 1943 till its surrender on 22 Apr 1945 at Bologna. Pfeifer was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class & 1st Class (3 October 1914)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (8 June 1940) & 1st Class (16 June 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 31 October 1942 as Oberst in Infanterie-Regiment 185
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 26 November 1941 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 185
  • Oak Leaves on 5 September 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 65.Infanterie-Division

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