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 IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaItalian CampaignMoro River CampaignBattle of AnzioOperation DiademGothic Line OffensiveSpring 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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