Helmut Bechler

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Years of service 1915–201934–45 Service/branch German Army		Name Helmut Bechler Rank Generalmajor
Born 2 June 1898Grun ( 1898-06-02 ) Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1920) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of MoscowBattles of RzhevBattle of Kiev (1943)Kamenets-Podolsky pocketLvov–Sandomierz OffensiveBattle of Hurtgen Forest Died January 9, 1971, Kassel, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France Similar People Wladyslaw Sikorski, Gerd von Rundstedt, Albert Kesselring, Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Heinz Guderian
Commands held 85th Infantry Division

Helmut Bechler (2 June 1898 – 9 January 1971) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 85. Infanterie-Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

German Cross in Gold on 19 December 1941 as Major in the I./Infanterie-Regiment 29

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 March 1944 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 504

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