Walter Kruger (Heer general)

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Years of service 1910–45 Name Walter Kruger		Role Heer general Service/branch German Army

Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Rank General der Panzertruppe Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceBattle of Sedan (1940)Operation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradBattle of MoscowBattles of RzhevBattle of Kiev (1943)Zhitomir–Berdichev OffensiveOperation OverlordBattle of the BulgeSiege of BastogneSiegfried Line Campaign Died July 11, 1973, Baden-Baden, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Commands held 1st Panzer Division, 58e corps de blindes

Eugen Walter Krüger (23 March 1892 – 11 July 1973) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the LVIII Panzer Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (9 October 1914) & 1st Class (29 July 1916)

Knight's Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry (29 April 1918)

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (12 May 1940) & 1st Class (13 May 1940)

German Cross in Gold on 27 August 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of 1. Panzer-Division

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 15 July 1941 as Generalmajor and commander of 1. Schützen-Brigade

373rd Oak Leaves on 5 June 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 1. Panzer-Division

References

Walter Krüger (Wehrmacht general) Wikipedia

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