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Kurt Brennecke

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Years of service
  
1910–45

Commands held
  
43e corps d'armee

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Kurt Brennecke

Rank
  
General der Infanterie


Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Annexation of Austria Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Demyansk Pocket

Died
  
December 30, 1982, Bonn, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Anschluss, Invasion of Poland

Kurt Brennecke (16 December 1891 – 30 December 1982) was a German general during World War II who commanded the XXXXIII. Armeekorps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 February 1942 as General der Infanterie and commander of XXXXIII. Armeekorps
  • Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • References

    Kurt Brennecke Wikipedia