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Helmuth Beukemann

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Years of service
  
1914–45

Unit
  
164th Infantry Division

Service/branch
  
German Army


Name
  
Helmuth Beukemann

Rank
  
Generalleutnant

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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Balkan Campaign Battle of Greece Battle of Voronezh (1943) Battle of Kursk Hube's Pocket

Died
  
July 13, 1981, Hamburg, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Commands held
  
75th Infantry Division

Wilhelm Berthold Helmuth Beukemann (9 May 1894 – 13 July 1981) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (9 September 1914) and 1st Class (23 May 1916)
  • Brunswick War Merit Cross 2nd Class (24 June 1915) and 1st Class (21 May 1918)
  • Bewährungsabzeichen (probation badge) to the War Merit Cross 2nd Class (18 June 1918)
  • Wound Badge in Black (17 August 1918)
  • Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg (16 May 1916)
  • Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (24 October 1918)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 September 1939) and 1st Class (15 October 1939)
  • Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres (1 May 1941)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 May 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 382
  • German Cross in Gold on 20 January 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 75. Infanterie-Division

    • References

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