Heinrich Recke Explained

Heinrich Recke
Birth Date:25 August 1890
Birth Place:Konitz, West Prussia (today Poland)
Death Place:Near Kharkov, Soviet Union
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Branch:Army
Rank:Generalleutnant
Commands:332. Infanterie-Division
161. Infanterie-Division
Battles:World War II
Awards:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Heinrich Recke (25 August 1890 – 18 August 1943) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several infantry divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

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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. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 286.