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Otto Busing

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Name
  
Otto Busing

Years of service
  
1914–19 1934–45

Died
  
8 March 1944(1944-03-08) (aged 47) Kirovohrad, Ukraine

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

Rank
  
Generalmajor (Posthumously)

Commands held
  
Panzer-Regiment "Grosdeutschland"

Otto Karl Gerd Lorenz Adolf Busing (22 August 1896 – 8 March 1944) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Otto Busing was killed on 8 March 1944 near Kirovohrad, Ukraine. He was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (18 September 1939)
  • 1st Class (13 May 1940)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (26 August 1941)
  • Panzer Badge in Silver (21 January 1942)
  • Eastern Front Medal (20 August 1942)
  • Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (16 October 1942)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 November 1942 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Panzer-Regiment 39

    • References

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