Georg Pfeiffer
Dr. Georg Pfeiffer | |
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Born | 5 May 1890 |
Died | 28 June 1944 Mogilev, Soviet Union | (aged 54)
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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 |
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 on 28 June 1944 at Mogilev during Operation Bagration, the Soviet 1944 summer offensive.
Awards and decorations[]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 January 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 94. Infanterie-Division[1]
References[]
Citations[]
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 275.
Bibliography[]
- (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.
Categories:
- 1890 births
- 1944 deaths
- Generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
- Generals of Artillery (Wehrmacht)
- German commanders at the Battle of Stalingrad
- German military personnel killed in World War II
- German military personnel of World War I
- People from Wolfenbüttel (district)
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross