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| rdfs:comment | - Helmuth Hufenbach (27 February 1908 – 27 March 1945) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Helmuth Hufenbach was killed on 27 March 1945 in the Heiligenbeil Pocket. He was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor and awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross.
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| Title | - Commander of 562. Volks-Grenadier Division
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| Allegiance | - Nazi Germany
- Weimar Republic
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| Battles | - World War II
*Invasion of Poland
*Battle of France
*Operation Barbarossa
*Siege of Leningrad
*Battle of the Caucasus
*Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944)
*East Prussian Offensive
*Heiligenbeil Pocket
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| Before | - Generalmajor Johannes-Oskar Brauer
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| abstract | - Helmuth Hufenbach (27 February 1908 – 27 March 1945) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Helmuth Hufenbach was killed on 27 March 1945 in the Heiligenbeil Pocket. He was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor and awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross.
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