Corneliu Dragalina
Appearance
Corneliu Dragalina | |
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Born | Caransebeș, Romania | 5 February 1887
Died | 11 July 1949 Bucharest, Romania | (aged 62)
Allegiance | Romania |
Service/ | Army |
Years of service | 1907–45 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands | 6th Corps |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Relations | Ion 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]
Awards
- Order of Michael the Brave 3rd and 2nd Class
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (9 August 1942)
References
This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (June 2016) |
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- 1887 births
- 1949 deaths
- People from Caransebeș
- Romanian Land Forces generals
- Romanian military personnel of World War II
- Recipients of the Order of Michael the Brave
- Recipients of the Order of the Crown (Romania)
- Knights of the Order of the Crown (Romania)
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Romanian military personnel stubs