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Ludwig Merker

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Years of service
  
1914–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Ludwig Merker

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


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

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of MoscowBattles of RzhevBattle of KurskBattle of Smolensk (1943)

Died
  
March 14, 1964, Tubingen, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France

Commands held
  
35th Infantry Division

Ludwig Merker (1 September 1894 – 14 March 1964) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

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Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 November 1941 as Oberst and commander of 215th Infantry Regiment

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