Karl Koetz Explained

Karl Koetz
Birth Date:	8 February 1908
Branch:	Army (Wehrmacht)
Rank:	Generalmajor
Commands:	349th Infantry Division 21st Infantry Division
Battles:	World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Karl Koetz (8 February 1908 – 11 June 1977) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.^[1]

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (13 June 1940) & 1st Class (1 July 1941)^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 2 October 1941 as Hauptmann and commander of II. / Infanterie-Regiment 46^[1]
  • Oak Leaves on 1 January 1944 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 185^[3]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Fellgiebel. Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . Colton . C. F. . Rogers . Duncan . 2003 . Elite of the Third Reich: the recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 1939–45 . Helion & Company Limited . 978-1-874622-46-8.
• 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. Fellgiebel 2003, p. 219.
2. Thomas 1997, p. 388.
3. Fellgiebel 2003, p. 66.