Hermann-Heinrich Behrend
Appearance
Hermann-Heinrich Behrend | |
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Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Heer |
Years of service | 1915-1945 |
Rank | Generalmajor |
Commands held | I./Infanterie-Regimentt 489 Grenadier-Regiment 154 490th Infanterie-Division |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Hermann-Heinrich Behrend (25 August 1898 – 19 June 1987) was a German Generalmajor, serving during World War II.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (9 June 1917)
- 1st Class (4 November 1918)
- Wound Badge (1914) in Black
- Mecklenburgisches-Verdienstkreuz 2nd Class (2 January 1918)
- Cross of Honor (21 January 1935)
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (12 May 1940)
- 1st Class (10 June 1940)
- Eastern Front Medal (29 July 1942)
- Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (20 April 1943)
- Wound Badge (1939) in Gold (2 February 1944)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Knight's Cross (15 July 1941)
- 421. Oak Leaves (6 March 1944)
- 148. Swords (26 April 1945)
References
- Berger, Florian (2000). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
- Schaulen, Fritjof (2003). Eichenlaubträger 1940 - 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe I Abraham - Huppertz (in German). Selent, Germany: Pour le Mérite. ISBN 3-932381-20-3.