Ernst Philipp Explained

Ernst-Georg Philipp
Birth Date:	13 October 1912
Birth Place:	Reichenbach
Allegiance:
Branch:	German Army (Wehrmacht) German Army (Bundeswehr)
Rank:	Oberst (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)
Commands:	3rd Panzer Brigade (Bundeswehr)
Battles:	World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Ernst-Georg Kurt Philipp (13 October 1912 – 16 March 2005) was a German officer (Oberst) in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a Generalmajor in the Bundeswehr. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (29 September 1939) & 1st Class (21 October 1939)^[1]

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 28 November 1940 as Oberleutnant and chief of the 4./Panzer-Regiment 1^[2]
  • 599th Oak Leaves on 30 September 1944 as Major and Panzer officer of the Stab AOK 8 (8. Armee)^[3]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

. 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.

• Book: Thomas , Franz . 1998 . Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z . The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2300-9.

Notes and References

1. Thomas 1998, p. 152.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 276.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 75.