Manfred Beutner

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Manfred Beutner
Born (1914-05-23)23 May 1914
Frauenhain
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Oldenburg
Allegiance  Nazi Germany (to 1945)
 West Germany
Service/branch Heer
Bundeswehr
Years of service 1935–45
1957–72
Rank Major (Wehrmacht)
Oberst (Bundeswehr
Commands held Kampfgruppe "Beutner"
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Manfred Beutner (23 May 1914 – 8 November 2002) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberst in the Bundeswehr. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Manfred Beutner was captured in 1945 by Soviet troops in the Courland Pocket and was released in 1955. He later joined the Bundeswehr, retiring in 1972 as an Oberst.

Awards and decorations

Notes

  1. According to Scherzer as IIa (1st adjutant for the officer staff) 329. Infanterie-Division and leader of augmented Grenadier-Regiment 551.[4]

References

Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Thomas & Wegmann 1987, p. 462.
  2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 41.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 131.
  4. Scherzer 2007, p. 219.

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