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Ludwig Müller
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| Intro | German general and Knight's Cross recipient | ||||
| Was | Military officer Soldier Officer | ||||
| From | Germany | ||||
| Field | Military | ||||
| Gender | male | ||||
| Birth | 28 June 1892, Pirmasens, Germany | ||||
| Death | 28 June 1972, Ettlingen, Germany (aged 80 years) | ||||
| Star sign | Cancer | ||||
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Biography
Johann Ludwig Müller (28 June 1892 – 28 June 1972) was a German general (General of the Infantry) in the Wehrmacht during World War II.
He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
Müller, as commander of the XXXXIV Army Corps|, surrendered to the Soviet forces in August 1944 and was held in the Soviet Union as a war criminal until 1955.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (10 July 1915) & 1st Class (8 April 1918)
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 October 1939) & 1st Class (31 May 1940)
- German Cross in Gold on 28 February 1942 as Oberst im Generalstab in the General Staff of the XXIII. Armeekorps
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 25 October 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 97. Jäger Division
- 440th Oak Leaves on 6 April 1944 as Generalleutnant and deputy leader of XXIX Armeekorps
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