Karl Koske

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Years of service 1908–45 Service/branch German Army		Name Karl Koske Rank Generalmajor
Allegiance Austria–Hungary (to 1918) First Austrian Republic (to 1938) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaSiege of Leningrad Died April 8, 1945, Vienna, Austria Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, Siege of Leningrad, World War II
Commands held 212th Infantry Division

Karl Koske (27 June 1889 – 8 April 1945) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Koske was wounded in an air raid and died in a Vienna hospital on 8 April 1945.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 March 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of 212. Infanterie-Division

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