Otto Drescher
German general and Knight's Cross recipients

Otto Drescher

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German general and Knight's Cross recipients
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5 October 1895(Mikuleč)
Death:
13 August 1944(Klaipėda)
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Otto Johann Drescher (5 October 1895 – 13 August 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Drescher died on 13 August 1944 in Klaipėda.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 April 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 267. Infanterie-Division
  • Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (1 March 1944)
  • Fellgiebel 2000, p. 139.