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Rudolf Peschel

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Years of service
  
1914–44

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


Name
  
Rudolf Peschel

Service/branch
  
German Army

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

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of MoscowBattles of RzhevBattle of Smolensk (1943)Operation BagrationVitebsk–Orsha Offensive †

Died
  
June 30, 1944, Vitebsk, Belarus

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Commands held
  
52nd Infantry Division, 6th Luftwaffe Field Division

Rudolf Peschel (21 April 1894 – 30 June 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Peschel was killed in action on 30 June 1944 during the Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 January 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 6. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division

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