Heinrich-Anton Deboi Explained

Heinrich-Anton Deboi
Birth Date:6 April 1893
Birth Place:Landshut, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Death Place:Cherntsy, Russian SSR, USSR
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Branch:Army
Rank:Generalleutnant
Commands:44th Infantry Division
Battles:World War II
Awards:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Heinrich-Anton Deboi (6 April 1893 – 20 January 1955) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who held several commands at the divisional levels. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Deboi surrendered to the Red Army at the conclusion of the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he died in captivity in January 1955.

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Bibliography

. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 2000 . 1986 . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 . The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.

Notes and References

  1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 134.