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German general and Knight's Cross recipient
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Birth:
21 August 1894(Wilhelmshaven)
Death:
2 April 1949(Shuya)
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Biography
Introduction
Christian Usinger (21 August 1894 – 2 April 1949) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the I Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Usinger surrendered to the Soviet Forces in 1945 in the Courland Pocket. He died in a POW camp in the Soviet Union in early 1949.
Awards and decorations
- German Cross in Gold on 19 September 1942 as Oberst in Arko 110
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 as Generalmajor and leader of the 81. Infanterie-Division
- Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 484.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 428.