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Karl Albrecht von Groddeck

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Years of service
  
1912–44

Name
  
Karl-Albrecht Groddeck


Service/branch
  
German Army

Allegiance
  
Rank
  
Generalleutnant (Posthumously)

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of UmanBattle of Rostov (1941)Battle of the Kerch PeninsulaBelgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation

Died
  
January 10, 1944, Wroclaw, Poland

Battles and wars
  

Commands held
  
161st Infantry Division

Karl-Albrecht von Groddeck (18 February 1894 – 10 January 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He died from wounds on 10 January 1944 in a Breslau hospital and was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 8 September 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 120 (mot.)
  • References

    Karl-Albrecht von Groddeck Wikipedia


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