Otto Schury

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Allegiance Nazi Germany Name Otto Schury Years of service 1935–45 Service/branch German Army		Rank Generalmajor Other work Police officer

Buried at Munich WaldfriedhofPlot 199—Row 1—Grave 6 Battles/wars World War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceInvasion of YugoslaviaBattle of CreteOperation BarbarossaBattle of UmanBattle of the CaucasusDnieper–Carpathian OffensiveHube's PocketBattle of the Dukla PassLower Silesian Offensive Died December 11, 1979, Brannenburg, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Battle of France
Commands held 100th Jager Division

Otto Schury (22 October 1903 – 11 December 1979) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

In February 1945, Schury was appointed commander of the 100th Jäger Division. Promoted to major general (Generalmajor) in April, his command surrendered to the Soviet Army in Silesia the following month and Schury was imprisoned in the Soviet Union. He was released in 1955. and died in 1979.

Awards

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 September 1939) & 1st Class (23 February 1940)

German Cross in Gold on 10 May 1943 as Oberstleutnant in Jäger-Regiment 229

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 17 July 1941 as Major and commander of the II./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100

Oak Leaves on 21 September 1944 as Oberst and commander of Jäger-Regiment 229

References

Otto Schury Wikipedia

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