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Werner von Eichstedt

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Years of service
  
1914–44

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Werner Eichstedt

Rank
  
Generalmajor


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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) Crimean Campaign (1941–1942) Battle of the Kerch Peninsula Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) Siege of Leningrad Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944) †

Died
  
August 26, 1944, Chisinau, Moldova

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Commands held
  
294th Infantry Division

Werner von Eichstedt (1 January 1896 – 26 August 1944) was a German general (Generalmajor) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Eichstedt was killed on 26 August 1944 near Kishinev, Moldova during the Soviet Jassy–Kishinev Offensive.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 November 1943 as Oberst and commander of Artillerie-Regiment 306

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