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Years of service
  
1904–41

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Kurt Briesen

Rank
  
General der Infanterie


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Born
  
3 May 1886 Anklam, Province of Pomerania, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire (
1886-05-03
)

Buried at
  
German War Cemetery Kharkiv

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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II

Died
  
November 20, 1941, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Commands held
  
30th Infantry Division, LII Army Corps

Battles and wars
  
World War I, World War II

Kurt von Briesen (3 May 1886 in – 20 November 1941) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. Briesen led the 30th Infantry Division in the invasion of Poland in 1939. On 1 Aug 1940, Briesen was promoted to the rank of general. On 25 November 1940 he was appointed commanding general of the LII Army Corps. Briesen was killed by Soviet aircraft near Isjum on the Seversky Donets River, southeast of Kharkov, on 20 November 1941.

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Awards and decorations

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  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (September 1914) & 1st Class (December 1914)
  • Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (April 1918)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 September 1939) & 1st Class (4 October 1939)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 October 1939 as Generalleutnant and commander of 30. Infanterie-Division

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    References

    Kurt von Briesen Wikipedia
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