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Hermann Deisenberger

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Years of service
  
1935–45 ?–1980

Died
  
1998, Linz, Austria

Name
  
Hermann Deisenberger

Born
  
13 April 1915 Salzburg (
1915-04-13
)

Allegiance
  
First Austrian Republic (to 1938)  Nazi Germany (to 1945) Second Austrian Republic

Rank
  
Major (Wehrmacht) Gendarmerie-General (Bundesheer)

Commands held
  
II./Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 16

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Uman Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of the Caucasus Battle of Salerno Cherkassy Pocket Hube's Pocket Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive Vistula–Oder Offensive Lower Silesian Offensive

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa

Service/branch
  
German Army, Austrian Armed Forces

Hermann Deisenberger (13 April 1915 – 8 July 1998) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II and Gendarmerie-General in the Bundesheer. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
  • in Silver
  • in Gold
  • Eastern Front Medal
  • Panzer Badge
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 October 1944 as Major and commander of the II./Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 16

    • References

    Hermann Deisenberger Wikipedia
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