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Karl Koetz

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Years of service
  
1925–45

Rank
  
Generalmajor


Name
  
Karl Koetz

Service/branch
  
German Army

Karl Koetz Karl Koetz 8 February 1908 11 June 1977 RK 02101941

Born
  
8 February 1908Rixdorf near Berlin, German Empire (present-day Neukolln, Berlin) (
1908-02-08
)

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of MoscowOperation BagrationEast Prussian OffensiveHeiligenbeil Pocket

Died
  
July 11, 1977, Merano, Italy

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa

Commands held
  
349th Infantry Division, 21st Infantry Division

Karl Koetz (8 February 1908 – 11 June 1977) was a 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.

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Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (13 June 1940) & 1st Class (1 July 1941)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 2 October 1941 as Hauptmann and commander of II. / Infanterie-Regiment 46
  • Oak Leaves on 1 January 1944 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 185

    • References

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