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Georg Pfeiffer

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 a Soviet air attack on 28 June 1944 at Mogilev during Operation Bagration, the Soviet 1944 summer offensive.[1] Pfeiffer served as a police officer, including as a member of the Weimar Sicherheitspolizei, before the war.[2]

Dr. Georg Pfeiffer
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
Battles/warsWorld War I

World War II

Mogilev Offensive  
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Awards and decorations edit

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. ^ Hans Horst Manitz: Erinnerungsbuch der 94. Infanterie Division an die Kriegsjahre 1939–1945. Lieferung 2: Einsatz in Rußland 1941 bis Anfang 1943. Hans Horst Manitz, Hrsg. Kameradschaft der 94. Inf.Div., 1985, S. 1.
  3. ^ 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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