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Walter Kruger (Heer general)

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Years of service
  
1910–45

Name
  
Walter Kruger


Role
  
Heer general

Service/branch
  
German Army

Walter Kruger (Heer general)

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

Rank
  
General der Panzertruppe

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Battle of Sedan (1940) Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Battle of Moscow Battles of Rzhev Battle of Kiev (1943) Zhitomir–Berdichev Offensive Operation Overlord Battle of the Bulge Siege of Bastogne Siegfried 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

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