Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege
Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege | |
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege (11 November 1889 – 31 December 1965) was a German general during World War II who held several corps level commands. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
Boege surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 in the
war criminal
in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (30 September 1914) & 1st Class (6 February 1917)[1]
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (16 June 1940) &1st Class (16 June 1940)[1]
- German Cross in Gold on 13 January 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of the 197. Infanterie-Division[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 22 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 7[3]
- Oak Leaves on 21 September 1944 as General der Infanterie and commander of XXXXIII. Armee-Korps[4]
References
Citations
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
- Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.
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