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Horst Großmann

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Rank
  
General of the Infantry

Battles and wars
  
World War I, World War II

Service/branch
  
German Army

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Allegiance
  
German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
6th Infantry Division XXXV. Armeekorps VI. Armeekorps

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Died
  
4 May 1972, Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany

Award
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Horst Großmann (19 November 1891 – 4 May 1972) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 6th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (1 October 1914) & 1st Class (25 October 1916)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (18 May 1940) & 1st Class (28 May 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 11 February 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of the 6.Infanterie-Division
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 19 July 1940 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 84
  • 292nd Oak Leaves on 4 September 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 6. Infanterie-Division

    • References

    Horst Großmann Wikipedia
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