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Oskar Eckholt

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Years of service
  
1914–19 1934–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Died
  
August 12, 1982, Theesen


Name
  
Oskar Eckholt

Rank
  
Generalmajor

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1919)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Battles of Rzhev Battle of Kursk Battle of Smolensk (1943) Hube's Pocket

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France

Commands held
  
291st Infantry Division

Oskar Eckholt (4 November 1894 – 12 August 1982) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Eckholt surrendered to American troops in May 1945. He was released in 1947.

Awards and decorations

  • German Cross in Gold on 18 May 1942 as Oberstleutnant in Artillerie-Regiment 178
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 April 1943 as Oberst and commander of Artillerie-Regiment 178

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