Karl Rhein

German General and Knight's Cross recipients
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IntroGerman General and Knight's Cross recipients
PlacesGermany
wasMilitary personnel
Work fieldMilitary
Gender
Male
Birth30 March 1894, Wetzlar
Death27 March 1988Germany (aged 94 years)
Star signAries
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Biography

Karl Rhein (30 March 1894 – 27 March 1988) 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 6 March 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 439
  • Fellgiebel 2000, p. 290.

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