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Paul Gurran

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Years of service
  
1908–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Died
  
February 22, 1944, Russia

Name
  
Paul Gurran


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Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Rank
  
Generalleutnant (Posthumously)

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Operation Barbarossa, Siege of Leningrad, World War II

Commands held
  
23rd Infantry Division

Paul Gurran (11 January 1893 – 22 February 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He was married to Irmgard Begrich, a cousin of Joachim Begrich. Gurran died on 22 February 1944 in a field hospital in the occupied Soviet Union. He was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant.

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Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 September 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 506
  • References

    Paul Gurran Wikipedia