Georg Pfeiffer
Georg Pfeiffer (5 May 1890 – 28 June 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the VI Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Pfeiffer was killed in an Soviet air attack on 28 June 1944 at Mogilev during Operation Bagration, the Soviet 1944 summer offensive.[1]
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Born | 5 May 1890 |
Died | 28 June 1944 54) Mogilev, Soviet Union | (aged
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Service/ | Army (Wehrmacht) |
Years of service | 1908–20 1935–44 |
Rank | General of the Artillery |
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Battles/wars | World War I
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Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Awards and decorations
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 January 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 94. Infanterie-Division[2]
References
Citations
- Veal, Stephen Ariel. "The collapse of the German army in the East in the summer of 1944 (Volume 1)". The Collapse of the German Army in the East in the Summer of 1944 (Volume 1). 1: 376.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 275.
Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [First published 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.
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