Hellmuth Böhlke Explained

Otto Hellmuth Böhlke
Birth Date:	7 February 1893
Death Place:	Bad Mergentheim, West Germany
Allegiance:
Branch:	Army
Serviceyears:	1914–20 1935–45
Rank:	Generalleutnant
Commands:	334th Infantry Division 1st Parachute Corps
Battles:	World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Hellmuth Böhlke (7 February 1893 – 8 April 1956) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 334. Infanterie-Division. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (12 October 1915) & 1st Class (20 July 1916)^[1]
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (19 September 1939) & 1st Class (9 November 1939)^[1]
• German Cross in Gold on 27 October 1941 as Oberst in Infanterie-Regiment 430^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 24 September 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 430^[3]
  • 716th Oak Leaves on 25 January 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 334. Infanterie-Division^[4]

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: Patzwall . Klaus D. . Scherzer . Veit . 2001 . Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II . The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 . German . Norderstedt, Germany . Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall . 978-3-931533-45-8.
• Book: Thomas , Franz . 1997 . Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K . The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2299-6.

Notes and References

1. Thomas 1997, p. 59.
2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 49.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 117.
4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 80.