Erich-Heinrich Clößner Explained

Erich-Heinrich Clößner
Birth Date:	17 September 1888
Birth Place:	Gießen
Death Place:	Konstanz
Allegiance:	(to 1918) (to 1933)
Branch:	Army (Wehrmacht)
Serviceyears:	1907–45
Rank:	General of the Infantry
Commands:	25 Infantry Division LIII Army Corps IX Army Corps
Battles:	World War I----World War II Annexation of Austria Annexation of the Sudetenland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Moscow
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Erich-Heinrich Clößnerr (17 September 1888 – 28 March 1976) was a German general during World War II who held commands at the divisional and corps levels. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 September 1940 as Generalleutnant and commander of 25. Infanterie-Division ^[1]
• German Cross in Gold on 15 July 1942 as General der Infanterie and commanding general of the LIII. Armeekorps^[2]

References

Bibliography

• 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 . de . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Book: Patzwall . Klaus D. . Scherzer . Veit . 2001 . Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II . The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 . de . Norderstedt, Germany . Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall . 978-3-931533-45-8.

Notes and References

1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 131.
2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 74.