Curt Badinski
German General and Knight's Cross recipient

Curt Badinski

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German General and Knight's Cross recipient
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17 May 1890(Grebenstein, Kassel, Kassel Government Region, Hesse)
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27 February 1966(Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany)
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Curt Badinski (17 May 1890 – 27 February 1966) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who held several divisional commands. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Badinski surrendered to the American forces in August 1944 in the Falaise Pocket.

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  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 11 October 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 489

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    • Aus großer Zeit. Erinnerungsblätter des Jäger-Feld-Bataillons Nr.9. Weltkrieg 1914–1918. Bd. 1, Lauenburgischer Heimatverlag, Ratzeburg 1932.
    • Aus großer Zeit. Erinnerungsblätter des Jäger-Feld-Bataillons Nr.9. Weltkrieg 1914–1918. Bd. 2, Lauenburgischer Heimatverlag, Ratzeburg 1933.