Erwin Menny | |
Birth Date: | 18 August 1893 |
Birth Place: | Saarburg, Lorraine, German Empire |
Death Place: | Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany |
Allegiance: | |
Branch: | Army |
Rank: | Generalleutnant |
Commands: | 15th Panzer-Division 90th Light Infantry Division 18th Panzer Division 387th Infantry Division 333rd Infantry Division 123rd Infantry Division 72nd Infantry Division 84th Infantry Division |
Battles: | World War II |
Awards: | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Erwin Menny (18 August 1893 – 6 December 1949) was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Heer during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
He was taken prisoner with his 84th Infantry Division in the Falaise Pocket on 21 August 1944.
. 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.