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Johannes Block

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Years of service
  
1914–24 1934–45

Rank
  
General der Infanterie


Name
  
Johannes Block

Service/branch
  
German Army

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Born
  
17 November 1894 Buschdorf (
1894-11-17
)

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1924)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) First Battle of Kharkov Lower Dnieper Offensive Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive Vistula–Oder Offensive †

Died
  
January 26, 1945, Kielce, Poland

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Commands held
  
Infantry Regiment 9 Potsdam, 294th Infantry Division, VIII Army Corps, XIII Army Corps, LVI Panzer Corps

Johannes Block (17 November 1894 – 26 January 1945) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who held commands at division and corps level. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Block was killed on 26 January 1945 near Kielce, Poland during the Soviet Vistula-Oder Offensive.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (5 July 1916) & 1st Class (22 August 1918)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (8 September 1939) & 1st Class (10 September 1939)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 22 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of 202nd Infantry Regiment
  • Oak Leaves on 22 November 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 294th Infantry Division

    • References

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