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Ludwig Müller (general)

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Years of service
  
1914–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Role
  
General

Name
  
Ludwig Muller

Rank
  
General der Infanterie


Born
  
28 June 1892Zeselberg (
1892-06-28
)

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

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Kiev (1941)Battles of RzhevBattle of the CaucasusLower Dnieper OffensiveJassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944)

Died
  
June 28, 1972, Ettlingen, Germany

Awards
  
Knight\'s Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France

Commands held
  
198th Infantry Division, 97th Jager Division

Johann Ludwig Müller (28 June 1892 – 28 June 1972) was a German general (General of the Infantry) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Müller surrendered to the Soviet forces in August 1944 and was held in the Soviet Union as a war criminal until 1955.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (10 July 1915) & 1st Class (8 April 1918)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 October 1939) & 1st Class (31 May 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 28 February 1942 as Oberst im Generalstab in the General Staff of the XXIII. Armeekorps
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 25 October 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 97. Jäger Division
  • 440th Oak Leaves on 6 April 1944 as Generalleutnant and deputy leader of XXIX Armeekorps

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