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Years of service
  
1911–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Werner Goeritz


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

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradBattle for Velikiye Luki (1943)Battle of Kiev (1943)Operation Diadem

Died
  
May 27, 1958, Bad Tolz, Germany

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Commands held
  
291st Infantry Division

Werner Goeritz (9 March 1892 – 27 May 1958) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 November 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 291. Infanterie-Division
  • References

    Werner Goeritz Wikipedia


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