Bern von Baer
German military officer
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
West Germany
Reichsheer
German Army
German Army- 1930–45
- 1955–68
- Oberst i.G. (Wehrmacht)
- Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)
- Invasion of Poland
- Battle of France
- Battle of Stalingrad
- Allied invasion of Italy
- Cherkassy Pocket
- Hube's Pocket
- Vistula–Oder Offensive
- Heiligenbeil Pocket
- Battle of Bautzen (1945)
Bern Oskar von Baer (20 March 1911 – 27 November 1981) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II and a general in the Bundeswehr of West Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 September 1939) & 1st Class (29 May 1940)[1]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 13 January 1944 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (in the General Staff) and Ia (operations officer) of the 16. Panzer-Division[2]
- 761st Oak Leaves on 28 February 1945 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab and chief of Stab/Fallschirmjäger-Panzer-Korps "Hermann Göring"[2]
- Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (20 March 1968)[1]
References
Citations
- ^ a b Wegmann 2004, p. 39.
- ^ a b Scherzer 2007, p. 199.
Bibliography
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
- Wegmann, Günter (2004). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil VIIIa: Panzertruppe Band 1: A–E [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part VIIIa: Panzer Force Volume 1: A–E] (in German). Bissendorf, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2322-1.
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| Preceded by none | Commander of the 1. Luftlande-Division (Bundeswehr) January 1956 – September 1957 | Succeeded by Generalmajor Hans Kroh |
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