Ioan Dumitrache

Ioan Dumitrache
Born	(1889-08-25)25 August 1889
Died	6 March 1977(1977-03-06) (aged 87)
Allegiance	Romania
Service / branch	Romanian Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	2nd Mountain Division
Battles / wars	Eastern Front
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Ioan Dumitrache (25 August 1889, Ciorăști near Râmnicu Sărat – 6 March 1977, Braşov) was a Romanian Major General during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany, awarded to him for capturing Nalchik on November 2, 1942. Nalchik was the farthest point of Axis advance in the Caucasus.

Awards

• Order of Michael the Brave 3rd Class (17 October 1941), 2nd Class (15 February 1943) & with Swords 3rd Class (15 November 1944)
• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (2 November 1942)

References

• 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.