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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


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Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany (to 1945)

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of the Caucasus Battle of Kursk Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive First Jassy–Kishinev Offensive Operation 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)

    • References

    Kurt Röpke Wikipedia
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