Hans Zorn | |
Birth Date: | 27 October 1891 |
Birth Place: | Munich, Bavaria, German Empire |
Death Place: | Krassnaya-Roschtocha, Kromy, Oryol Oblast, RSFSR, USSR |
Allegiance: | |
Branch: | Army |
Rank: | General of the Infantry |
Commands: | 20th Infantry Division XXXX Army Corps XXXXVI Panzer Corps |
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.
. 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.