Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege

Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege
Born	11 November 1889 Ostrowo
Died	31 December 1965(1965-12-31) (aged 76) Hildesheim
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945)
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1913 - 1945
Rank	General der Infanterie
Commands held	197. Infanterie Division XXXXIII. Armeekorps 18th Armee
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Battle of Smolensk (1943) Courland Pocket
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege (11 November 1889 – 31 December 1965) was a German general who held several Corps level commands during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege was captured by Soviet troops in May 1945 in the Courland Pocket. He was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (30 September 1914)
  • 1st Class (6 February 1917)
• Cross of Honor in 1934
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (16 June 1940)
  • 1st Class (16 June 1940)
• Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (18 October 1941)
• Eastern Front Medal (6 August 1942)
• German Cross in Gold (13 January 1943)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 22 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 7
  • 594th Oak Leaves on 21 September 1944 as General der Infanterie and commander of XXXXIII.Armee-Korps
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (11 October 1943)
• Ärmelband “Kurland”

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

• Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• Ritterkreuzträger 1939-45
• World War 2 Awards.com

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Hermann Meyer-Rabingen	Commander of 197. Infanterie-Division 1 April 1942 - 5 November 1943	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Eugen Wößner
Preceded by General der Infanterie Karl von Oven	Commander of XXXXIII. Armeekorps 25 March 1944 - 3 September 1944	Succeeded by General der Gebirgstruppen Kurt Versock
Preceded by General der Artillerie Herbert Loch	Commander of 18th Armee 5 September 1944 - 8 May 1945	Succeeded by None