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German general
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Briesen, Kurt von
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Anklam, Germany
Death
20 November 1941 (aged 55 years)
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Kharkiv, Ukraine
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55 years
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Biography
Kurt von Briesen (3 May 1886 in – 20 November 1941) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany. He was a recipient of theKnight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. Briesen led the 30th Infantry Division in the invasion of Poland in 1939. On 1 Aug 1940, Briesen was promoted to the rank of general. On 25 November 1940 he was appointed commanding general of the LII Army Corps. Briesen was killed by Soviet aircraft near Isjum on the Seversky Donets River, southeast of Kharkov, on 20 November 1941.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (September 1914) & 1st Class (December 1914)
- Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (April 1918)
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 September 1939) & 1st Class (4 October 1939)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 October 1939 as Generalleutnant and commander of 30. Infanterie-Division
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