Years of service 1907–45 Rank Generalleutnant | Name Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher Service/branch German Army | |
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Invasion of Poland
Operation Barbarossa
Siege of Leningrad
Battle of Moscow Died January 7, 1975, Stuttgart, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Invasion of Poland, Operation Barbarossa, Siege of Leningrad, Battle of Moscow, World War II Commands held 36th Infantry Division, 41e corps d'armee, XIII Army Corps | ||
Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher (18 November 1888 – 7 January 1975) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Ottenbacher was wounded during the opening stages of the Battle of Kalinin in October 1941, when his plane was shot down by Soviet fighters. Severely burned, he was invalided back to Germany to recuperate.
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