Kurt Haehling
Appearance
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Kurt Haehling | |
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Born | Rosengarten, District of Angerburg, East Prussia, German Empire present-day Radzieje, Poland | 7 November 1893
Died | 20 May 1983 Finsterwalde, Bezirk Cottbus, East Germany | (aged 89)
Allegiance | German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
Service | Army |
Years of service | 1912–20 1935–45 |
Rank | Generalmajor |
Commands | 73rd Infantry Division |
Battles / wars | Courland Pocket |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Kurt Haehling (7 November 1893 – 20 May 1983) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Haehling surrendered to the Red Army in May 1945 in the Courland Pocket. He was held until 1951.
Awards
[edit]- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 2 March 1945 as Generalmajor and commander of 126. Infanterie-Division[1]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 174.
Bibliography
[edit]- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Categories:
- 1893 births
- 1983 deaths
- People from Węgorzewo
- Military personnel from East Prussia
- Nazi Party members
- National Democratic Party of Germany (East Germany) politicians
- Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
- German Army personnel of World War I
- German police officers
- German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze