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Johann Heinrich Eckhardt

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Years of service
  
1914–45

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


Name
  
Johann-Heinrich Eckhardt

Service/branch
  
German Army

Johann-Heinrich Eckhardt Generalleutnant JohannHeinrich Eckhardt 18961945 Kommandeur 211

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

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIAnnexation of the SudetenlandInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of MoscowSiege of LeningradBattle of KurskOperation BagrationLublin–Brest OffensivePrague Offensive

Died
  
May 15, 1945, Vimperk, Czech Republic

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Commands held
  
211e division d'infanterie

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

Johann-Heinrich Eckhardt (3 December 1896 – 15 May 1945) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Eckhardt surrendered to the American troops on 8 May 1945 and died in custody on 15 May 1945.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (20 October 1915) & 1st Class (2 March 1917)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (17 October 1939) & 1st Class (29 May 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 25 January 1942 as Oberst in Jäger-Regiment 38
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 20 May 1942 as Oberst and commander of Jäger-Regiment 38
  • 644th Oak Leaves on 3 November 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 211. Infanterie-Division

    • References

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