Heinz Furbach Explained

Heinz Furbach
Birth Date:	27 September 1895
Branch:	Army
Rank:	Generalmajor
Commands:	331st Infantry Division
Battles:	World War I---- World War II Eastern Front
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Heinz Furbach (27 September 1895 – 23 October 1968) was a German general n the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (10 November 1914) & 1st Class (26 September 1916)^[1]
• Wound Badge (1914) in White (5 May 1918)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (26 April 1918)^[1]
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (30 December 1934)^[1]
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 2nd Class (2 October 1936)^[1]
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 May 1940) & 1st Class (27 May 1940)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 October 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 58^[2]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

. 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.

• Book: Wegmann , Günter . 2010 . Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 7: Fl–Fu . The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 7: Fl–Fu . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2380-1.

Notes and References

1. Wegmann 2010, p. 317.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 158.