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Helmuth Hufenbach

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Years of service
  
1925–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Helmuth Hufenbach

Commands held
  
562nd Grenadier Division

Born
  
27 February 1908Rustersiel (
1908-02-27
)

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany

Rank
  
Generalmajor (Posthumously)

Battles/wars
  
World War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradBattle of the CaucasusJassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944)East Prussian OffensiveHeiligenbeil Pocket †

Died
  
March 27, 1945, Mamonovo, Russia

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War II, Invasion of Poland

Helmuth Hufenbach (27 February 1908 – 27 March 1945) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Helmuth Hufenbach was killed on 27 March 1945 in the Heiligenbeil Pocket. He was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor and awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (21 September 1939)
  • 1st Class (24 October 1939)
  • Wound Badge
  • in Black or in Silver
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Infantry Assault Badge
  • Kuban Shield
  • German Cross in Gold on 27 November 1941 as Hauptmann in the III./Infanterie-Regiment 45
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 30 October 1943 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 667
  • 807th Oak Leaves on 28 March 1945 as Oberst and commander of 562. Volks-Grenadier Division
  • Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (10 October 1943)

    • References

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