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Rudolf Wulf

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Years of service
  
1924–45

Rank
  
Generalmajor


Name
  
Rudolf Wulf

Service/branch
  
German Army

Rudolf Wulf Generalmajor Rudolf Wulf

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War II Invasion of Poland Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Demyansk Pocket Riga Offensive (1944) Occupation of the Channel Islands

Died
  
November 14, 1972, Breitbrunn, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Commands held
  
319th Static Infantry Division

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Operation Barbarossa

Rudolf Wulf (12 December 1905 – 14 November 1972) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 319th Infantry Division on the island of Guernsey. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Rudolf Wulf Generalmajor Rudolf Wulf

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (6 October 1939) & 1st Class (27 June 1941)
  • Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (25 May 1944)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 13 November 1942 as Major and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 422
  • 556th Oak Leaves on 19 August 1944 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 422

    • References

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