Kurt Haehling Explained

Kurt Haehling
Birth Date:	7 November 1893
Birth Place:	Rosengarten, District of Angerburg, East Prussia, German Empire present-day Radzieje, Poland
Death Place:	Finsterwalde, Bezirk Cottbus, East Germany
Allegiance:
Branch:	Army
Serviceyears:	1912–20 1935–45
Rank:	Generalmajor
Commands:	73rd Infantry Division
Battles:	Courland Pocket
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Kurt Haehling (7 November 1893 – 20 May 1983) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Haehling surrendered to the Red Army in May 1945 in the Courland Pocket. He was held until 1951.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 2 March 1945 as Generalmajor and commander of 126. Infanterie-Division^[1]

Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 2000 . 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 . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.