Bruno Bieler

Bruno Bieler (18 June 1888 – 22 March 1966) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the LII Corps during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (17 September 1914) & 1st Class (15 December 1914)
• Military Merit Order, 4th class with Swords (Bavaria, 20 April 1918)
• Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg (23 February 1918)
• Merit Cross for War Aid (Prussia, 4 November 1919)
• Silesian Eagle 2nd Class (1 September 1921) & 1st Class (30 September 1921)
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (14 January 1935)
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 1st Class (2 October 1936)
• Commander of the Order of the Sword (Sweden, 22 April 1938)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (12 September 1939) & 1st Class (30 September 1939)
• Eastern Front Medal (15 July 1942)
• Crimea Shield (23 August 1942)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 October 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of 73. Infanterie Division
• German Cross in Gold on 20 November 1942 as General der Infanterie and commanding general of the VI. Armeekorps

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• Scherzer 2007, p. 221.
• Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 42.