Hans Zorn Explained

Hans Zorn
Birth Date:27 October 1891
Birth Place:Munich, Bavaria, German Empire
Death Place:Krassnaya-Roschtocha, Kromy, Oryol Oblast, RSFSR, USSR
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Branch:Army
Rank:General of the Infantry
Commands:20th Infantry Division
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Battles:World War II
Awards:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Relations:Eduard Zorn (brother)

Hans Zorn (27 October 1891 – 2 August 1943) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Zorn was killed on 2 August 1943 by Soviet airstrike during Operation Kutuzov. He was posthumously awarded the Oak leaves to his Knight's Cross on 3 September 1943.

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Bibliography

. 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. Thomas 1998, p. 476.
  2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 533.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 371.
  4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 62.