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Johannes Barge

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Johannes Barge


Other work
  
Police officer

Years of service
  
1934–45

Rank
  
Oberst

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Commands held
  
Festungs-Grenadier-Regiment Kreta

Battles/wars
  
World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Cephalonia Massacre

Died
  
February 28, 2000, Lage, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Johannes Barge (23 March 1906 – 28 February 2000) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who was responsible for German military operations causing Cephalonia Massacre in September 1943.

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Awards and decorations

  • German Cross in Gold on 28 July 1943 as Major in Infanterie-Bataillon 550 z.b.V.
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 10 May 1945 as Oberst and commander of Festungs-Grenadier-Regiment Kreta

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