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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 I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege 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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