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Paul Freiherr von Hauser

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Years of service
  
1930–45

Rank
  
Oberst

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Paul von


Allegiance
  
First Austrian Republic (to 1938)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Moscow Battle of the Caucasus Third Battle of Kharkov Battle of Kursk Lower Dnieper Offensive Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive Cherkassy Pocket First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive Operation Overlord Operation Cobra Battle of the Bulge Siege of Bastogne Ruhr Pocket

Died
  
April 1, 1999, Vienna, Austria

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Commands held
  
Panzer Lehr Division

Paul Freiherr von Hauser (24 April 1911 – 1 April 1999) was an officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the Panzer Lehr Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Oberst (colonel) Hauser surrendered the division to the American forces in the Ruhr Pocket on April 15, 1945.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (3 November 1939) & 1st Class (1 August 1940)
  • Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (5 October 1942)
  • German Cross in Gold on 20 September 1942 as Hauptmann in Kradschützen-Battalion 61
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 25 January 1943 as Hauptmann and commander of Kradschützen-Battalion 61
  • 635th Oak Leaves on 28 October 1944 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Panzergrenadier-Lehr-Regiment 901

    • References

    Paul Freiherr von Hauser Wikipedia
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