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Years of service
  
1914–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Paul Klatt

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


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

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandOperation WeserubungOperation BarbarossaOperation SilberfuchsOperation PlatinfuchsSiege of LeningradBattle for Velikiye LukiUpper Silesian OffensivePrague Offensive

Died
  
June 6, 1973, Munich, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Invasion of Poland

Commands held
  
3rd Mountain Division

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Paul Klatt (6 December 1896 – 6 June 1973) was a German general who commanded the 3rd Mountain Division during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

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Klatt surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet 1945 Prague Offensive. Convicted as a criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955, when he was repatriated to Germany.

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Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (4 February 1916) & 1st Class (12 March 1920)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) & 2nd Class (30 March 1940) & 1st Class (8 December 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 14 April 1942 as Oberst in Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 138
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 4 January 1943 as Oberst and commander of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 138
  • 686th Oak Leaves on 26 December 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 3.Gebirgs-Division

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