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Hermann Recknagel
Hermann Recknagel
was a German general during
World War II
and recipient of the
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
of
Nazi Germany
. Recknagel was shot and
killed
by
Polish partisans
on 23
January 1945
in
German-occupied Poland
.
Awards
Iron Cross
2nd Class
&
1st Class
Clasp to the Iron Cross
2nd Class & 1st Class
German Cross in Gold
on
11 February
1943 as
Generalmajor
and commander of the 111. Infanterie-Division
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
and Swords
*
Knight's Cross
on 5
August 1940
as
Oberst
and commander of Infanterie-Regiment
54
*
Oak Leaves
on
6 November
1943 as
Generalleutnant
and commander of the 111. Infanterie-Division
* Swords on
23 October
1944 as
General der Infanterie
and
commanding general
of the XXXXII. Armeekorps
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