Theo Helmut Lieb

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Years of service 1910–45 Rank Generalleutnant		Name Theo-Helmut Lieb Service/branch German Army

Nickname(s) TheobaldLion of Cherkassy Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradCase BlueBattle of Kiev (1943)Cherkassy PocketGothic Line OffensiveSpring Offensive 1945 Died March 20, 1981, Freudenstadt, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France Commands held 306e division d'infanterie, 112th Infantry Division, 42e corps d'armee, 34th Infantry Division Similar People Wilhelm Stemmermann, Erich von Manstein, Otto Wohler, Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Ludvik Svoboda

Theo-Helmut Lieb (25 November 1889 – 20 March 1981) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who held several divisional commands during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 7 February 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of XXXXII. Armeekorps

400th Oak Leaves on 18 February 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of XXXXII. Armeekorps

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