Helmuth Prieß (Wehrmacht general)
Appearance
Helmuth Prieß | |
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Born | Hildesheim | 6 March 1896
Died | 21 October 1944 Hasenrode, East Prussia | (aged 48)
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Service/ | Army (Wehrmacht) |
Years of service | 1914–44 |
Rank | General of the Infantry |
Commands | 121st Infantry Division XXVII Army Corps |
Battles/wars | World War I
World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Helmuth Prieß (6 March 1896 – 21 October 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the XXVII Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Prieß was killed on 21 October 1944 in Hasenrode, East Prussia.
Awards and decorations
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 7 March 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 121. Infanterie-Division[1]
References
Citations
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 281.
Bibliography
- 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:
- 1896 births
- 1944 deaths
- German military personnel of World War I
- German military personnel killed in World War II
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- People from Hildesheim
- Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht)
- People from the Province of Hanover
- Reichswehr personnel