Christian Usinger

Christian Usinger
Born 21 August 1894(1894-08-21)
Wilhelmshaven
Died 2 April 1949(1949-04-02) (aged 54)
in a POW camp at Shuya near Ivanovo, Soviet Union
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany
Service/branch Heer
Years of service 1914–1945
Rank Generalleutnant
Commands held I. Armeekorps
Battles/wars

World War I
World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Christian Usinger (21 August 1894 – 2 April 1949) was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Christian Usinger was captured in 1945 in the Courland Pocket and taken prisoner of war. He was held in various POW camps in the Soviet Union where he died in early 1949.

Awards and decorations

References

Citations
  1. ^ Patzwall and Scherzer 2001, p. 484.
  2. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 428.
Bibliography
  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
  • Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941–1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.
  • Scherzer, Veit (2007). Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

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Military offices
Preceded by
General der Infanterie Friedrich Fangohr		 Commander of I. Armeekorps
21 April 1945 - 8 May 1945		 Succeeded by
German Capitulation