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Johannes Mayer

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Years of service
  
1914–45


Rank
  
General der Infanterie

Name
  
Johannes Mayer

Johannes Mayer

Born
  
6 September 1893 Stepenitz, Province of Brandenburg (
1893-09-06
)

Died
  
7 August 1963(1963-08-07) (aged 69) Hamburg

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

Commands held
  
Infanterie-Regiment 501 329. Infanterie-Division

Thomas Johannes Mayer: Die Walküre


Johannes Mayer (6 September 1893 – 7 August 1963) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.

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Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (24 August 1915) & 1st Class (16 December 1916)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (6 June 1940) & 1st Class (9 June 1940)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
  • Knight's Cross on 13 September 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 501
  • Oak Leaves on 13 April 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 329. Infanterie-Division
  • Swords on 23 August 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 329. Infanterie-Division

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