Years of service 1907–45 | Name Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher Service/branch German Army | |
Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradBattle of Moscow Died January 7, 1975, Stuttgart, Germany 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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