Georg Pfeiffer Explained
| Dr. Georg Pfeiffer |
| Birth Date: | 5 May 1890 |
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| Serviceyears: | 1908–20
1935–44 |
| Battles: | World War I----World War II
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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]
Awards and decorations
References
Bibliography
- Book: Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer . 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 . 2000 . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . First published 1986 . Podzun-Pallas . Friedberg, Germany . de . 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Notes and References
- 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 .
- 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.
