Richard Pellengahr Explained

Richard Pellengahr
Birth Date:	19 August 1883
Birth Place:	Wiedenbrück
Death Place:	Bielefeld
Allegiance:
Branch:	Army
Commands:	196th Infantry Division
Battles:	World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Richard Pellengahr (19 August 1883 – 9 October 1964) was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 May 1940 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 196. Infanterie-Division^[1]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . 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 2000, p. 334.