Max Pfeffer
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Max Pfeffer
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Born | Geldern |
12 June 1883
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Voikovo Prison Camp |
Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
Service/ |
Heer |
Years of service | 1902–45 |
Rank | General der Artillerie |
Commands held | 297. Infanterie-Division IV. Armeekorps |
Battles/wars | World War I
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Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Max Pfeffer (12 June 1883 – 21 December 1955) was a highly decorated General der Artillerie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the IV Armeekorps. 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. Max Pfeffer was captured by Soviet troops at Stalingrad in 1943. He died in Soviet captivity in 1955.
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Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Eastern Front Medal
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 December 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of 297. Infanterie-Division[1]
See also
References
Citations
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 275.
Bibliography
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Preceded by
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Commander of 297. Infanterie-Division 5 April 1940 - 16 January 1943 |
Succeeded by Generalmajor Moritz von Drebber |
Preceded by
General der Pionere Erwin Jaenecke
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Commander of IV. Armeekorps 17 January 1943 - 31 January 1943 |
Succeeded by General der Infanterie Friedrich Mieth |
Categories:
- 1883 births
- 1955 deaths
- People from Geldern
- Wehrmacht generals
- German military personnel of World War I
- Recipients of The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Knights of the House Order of Hohenzollern
- World War II prisoners of war held by the Soviet Union
- German prisoners of war
- German people who died in Soviet detention
- German commanders at the Battle of Stalingrad
- People from the Rhine Province
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class