Helmuth Hufenbach Explained

Helmuth Hufenbach
Birth Date:27 February 1908
Birth Place:Oldenburg, German Empire
Death Place:Heiligenbeil, East Prussia (now Mamonovo, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russian Federation)
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Branch:Army
Rank:Generalmajor (Posthumously)
Commands:562nd Grenadier Division
Battles:World War II
Awards:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Helmuth Hufenbach (27 February 1908 – 27 March 1945) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Hufenbach was killed on 27 March 1945 in the Heiligenbeil Pocket. He was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor and awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

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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. Thomas 1997, p. 312.
  2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 201.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 196.
  4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 83.