Hans Gollnick Explained

Hans Gollnick
Birth Date:	22 May 1892
Allegiance:
Serviceyears:	1913–45
Rank:	General of the Infantry
Commands:	36th Infantry Division 36th Panzer Grenadier Division XXXXVI Panzer Corps
Battles:	World War I World War II Charge at Krojanty Tartu Offensive
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Hans Gollnick (22 May 1892 – 15 February 1970) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

At the beginning of World War II, Gollnick was commander of an infantry regiment in the Charge at Krojanty. During the war, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in 1942, and promoted to general in 1943.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (11 October 1914) & 1st Class (24 November 1916)^[1]
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (15 September 1939) & 1st Class (5 October 1939)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 21 November 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of the 36. Infanterie-Division (mot.)^[2]
- 282nd Oak Leaves on 24 August 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 36. Panzergrenadier-Division^[2]

References

Bibliography

Book: Scherzer , Veit . 2007 . Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives . The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives . German . Jena, Germany . Scherzers Militaer-Verlag . 978-3-938845-17-2.
Book: Thomas , Franz . 1997 . Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K . The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2299-6.

Notes and References

Thomas 1997, p. 207.
Scherzer 2007, p. 341.