Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Hermann Geyer

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Years of service
  
1900–43

Rank
  
General der Infanterie


Name
  
Hermann Geyer

Service/branch
  
German Army

Hermann Geyer General der Infanterie Hermann Geyer Lexikon der Wehrmacht

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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of Belgium Battle of France Battle of Dunkirk Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Yelnya Offensive Battle of Moscow

Died
  
April 10, 1946, Wildsee, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of Belgium, Battle of France

Commands held
  
V Army Corps, IX Army Corps

Hermann Geyer (7 July 1882 – 10 April 1946) was a German general during World War II who commanded the IX Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Geyer retired in 1943 and committed suicide in 1946.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 25 June 1940 as General der Infanterie and commander of IX. Armeekorps

    • References

    Hermann Geyer Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA