Years of service ?–19451957–66 Name Karl Herzog | Service/branch German Army | |
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Commands held Heeres Sturm-Pionier-Brigade 627 (motorisiert) Battles/wars World War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of MoscowBattle of the CaucasusLvov–Sandomierz OffensiveEast Prussian OffensiveZemland Offensive Died January 25, 1998, Munich, Germany Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Battle of France | ||
Karl Herzog (6 July 1906 – 25 January 1998) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Herzog surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet April 1945 Zemland Offensive. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955. Herzog joined the Bundeswehr in 1957 and retired in 1966 as a Generalmajor.
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