Ernst Rupp Explained

Ernst Johann Rupp
Birth Date:	13 January 1892
Death Place:	Krymsk, Soviet Union
Branch:	Army
Rank:	Generalleutnant
Commands:	97th Jäger Division
Battles:	World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of the Caucasus
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Ernst Johann Rupp (13 January 1892 – 30 May 1943) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 97th Jäger Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Rupp was killed on 30 May 1943, near Krymsk, Soviet Union during the operations at the Kuban bridgehead.

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 7 March 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 97. Jäger-Division^[1]

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.

Notes and References

1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 299.