Rudolf Geisler

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Rudolf Geisler
Born 29 March 1911
Hennersdorf near Reichenbach, Silesia
Died 13 April 1944 (1944-04-14) (aged 33)
Kovel, Ukraine
Allegiance  Weimar Republic (to 1933)
 Nazi Germany
Service/branch Heer
Years of service 1930–43
Rank Oberstleutnant (posthumous)
Commands held Pionier-Bataillon 662
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Relations Siegfried Geisler (brother)

Rudolf Geisler (29 March 1911 – 13 April 1944) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade the Oak Leaves was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Rudolf Geisler was severely wounded in defense of Kovel on 11 April 1944 by an artillery round while detaching from the front. He succumbed to his injury, a splinter wound in the pelvis, at the field hospital at Kovel on 13 April 1944, the same day he was awarded the Oak Leaves.

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Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 Thomas 1997, p. 193.
  2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 133.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 193.
  4. Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 81, 479.

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  • Scherzer, Veit (2010). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil XI: Pioniertruppe—Band 1: A–K (in German). Bissendorf, Germany: Biblio Verlag. ISBN 3-7648-2398-4.
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