Kurt Röpke

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Years of service 1914–45 Service/branch German Army Role Military Officer		Name Kurt Ropke Rank General der Infanterie

Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIOperation BarbarossaBattle of Kiev (1941)Battle of the CaucasusBattle of KurskDnieper–Carpathian OffensiveFirst Jassy–Kishinev OffensiveOperation Fruhlingserwachen Died July 21, 1966, Gottingen, Germany Awards Knight\'s Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Operation Barbarossa Commands held 320th Infantry Division, 46th Infantry Division, 29e corps d\'armee

Kurt Röpke (29 November 1896 – 21 July 1966) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (3 July 1941) & 1st Class (18 July 1941)

German Cross in Gold on 9 October 1942 as Oberst in Infanterie-Regiment 50

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 18 November 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of 46. Infanterie Division

830th Oak Leaves on 14 April 1945 as General der Infanterie and commander of XXIX.Armeekorps

Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (6 March 1944)

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