Paul Scheuerpflug Explained

Paul Scheuerpflug
Birth Date:	3 July 1896
Branch:	Army (Wehrmacht)
Rank:	Generalleutnant
Commands:	68th Infantry Division
Battles:	World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Paul Scheuerpflug (3 July 1896 – 8 August 1945) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 68th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Scheuerpflug was wounded 8 May 1945, and taken prisoner by Soviet troops. He died in a POW camp hospital at Auschwitz.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (22 September 1915 & 1st Class (27 January 1917))^[1]
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 June 1940) & 1st Class (4 July 1941)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 6 September 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 116^[2]
  • 791st Oak Leaves on 16 March 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 68. Infanterie-Division^[3]

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: Thomas , Franz . 1998 . Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z . The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2300-9.

Notes and References

1. Thomas 1998, p. 254.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 306.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 83.