Mauritz Freiherr von Strachwitz explained

Mauritz Freiherr von Strachwitz
Death Place:Camp Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast
Allegiance:
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Branch:Army
Rank:Generalleutnant
Commands:87th Infantry Division
Battles:Courland Pocket
Awards:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Mauritz Freiherr von Strachwitz (12 December 1898 – 10 December 1953) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Strachwitz surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 in the Courland Pocket. He died on 10 December 1953 in Camp Asbest in the Sverdlovsk Oblast.

Awards and decorations

References

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 2003, p. 335.