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    Georg Pfeiffer

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    Dr. Georg Pfeiffer
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    Born(1890-05-05)5 May 1890
    Died28 June 1944(1944-06-28) (aged 54)
    Mogilev, Soviet Union
    Allegiance German Empire
     Weimar Republic
     Nazi Germany
    Service/branchArmy (Wehrmacht)
    Years of service1908–20
    1935–44
    RankGeneral of the Artillery
    Commands held
    • 94th Infantry Division
    • 306th Infantry Division
    • VI Army Corps
    Battles/warsWorld War I

    World War II

    • Invasion of Poland
    • Battle of France
    • Operation Barbarossa
    • Battle of Kiev (1941)
    • Battle of Stalingrad
    • Italian Campaign
    • Battle of Monte Cassino-->
    Mogilev Offensive  †
    AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

    Georg Pfeiffer (5 May 1890 – 28 June 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the VI Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Pfeiffer was killed in an air attack on 28 June 1944 at Mogilev during Operation Bagration, the Soviet 1944 summer offensive.[1]

    Awards and decorations[edit]

    • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 January 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 94. Infanterie-Division[2]

    References[edit]

    Citations[edit]

    1. ^ Veal, Stephen Ariel. "The collapse of the German army in the East in the summer of 1944 (Volume 1)". The collapse of the German army in the East in the summer of 1944 (Volume 1). 1: 376.
    2. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 275.

    Bibliography[edit]

    • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [First published 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.
    Military offices
    Preceded by
    General der Infanterie Helmuth Volkmann
    		 Commander of 94. Infanterie-Division
    21 August 1940 – 29 January 1943     		Succeeded by
    Destroyed at Stalingrad
    Preceded by
    Reconstituted after Stalingrad
    		 Commander of 94. Infanterie-Division
    1 March 1943 – 2 January 1944     		Succeeded by
    Generalleutnant Bernhard Steinmetz
    Preceded by
    General der Infanterie Hans Jordan
    		 Commander of VI. Armeekorps
    20 May 1944 – 28 June 1944     		Succeeded by
    General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling
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