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Corneliu Dragalina

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Corneliu Dragalina
Lt. Gen. Dragalina near Kharkov, 1942
Born(1887-02-05)5 February 1887
Caransebeș, Romania
Died11 July 1949(1949-07-11) (aged 62)
Bucharest, Romania
Allegiance Romania
Service/branchArmy
Years of service1907–45
RankLieutenant General
Commands6th Corps
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross
RelationsIon Dragalina (father)

Corneliu Dragalina (5 February 1887, Caransebeș – 11 July 1949, Bucharest) was a Romanian General during World War II, the son of the World War I-general Ion Dragalina. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He was commander of the 6th Army Corps (Romania) from 1940 to 1943.

Corneliu Dragalina served as Governor-General of the Bukovina Governorate from 21 March 1943 until 1944.[1]

The Governorate of Bukovina with its seven constituent counties: Câmpulung, Suceava, Rădăuți, Storojineț, Cernăuți, Hotin and Dorohoi

Awards

References

  1. ^ Charles D. Pettibone, Trafford Publishing, 2012, The Organization and Order or Battle of Militaries in World War Ii: Volume Vii: Germany's and Imperial Japan's Allies & Puppet States, p. 31
  • 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.