Hermann Fischer (general)
Appearance
Hermann Fischer | |
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Born | Ostheim | 19 February 1894
Died | 12 April 1968 Bonn | (aged 74)
Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Heer |
Years of service | 1913–1945 |
Rank | Generalleutnant |
Commands held | 181. Infanterie-Division |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Hermann Fischer (19 February 1894 – 12 April 1968) was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Hermann Fischer was captured by Soviet troops on 8 May 1945 in the Courland Pocket and was held until 1955.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (14 September 1914)
- 1st Class (22 May 1918)
- Wound Badge (1914)
- in Black (7 November 1918)
- Cross of Honor (14 February 1935)
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (23 April 1940)
- 1st Class (10 May 1940)
- Eastern Front Medal
- Order of the Cross of Liberty 2nd Class with Swords (10 February 1942)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Ärmelband Kurland
References
- Citations
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 152.
- 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.
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Categories:
- 1894 births
- 1968 deaths
- Wehrmacht generals
- German military personnel of World War I
- German military personnel of World War II
- Recipients of the Iron Cross
- Recipients of the Cross of Honor
- Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross
- German prisoners of war
- World War II prisoners of war held by the Soviet Union