Kurt Haehling

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Kurt Haehling
Born	(1893-11-07)7 November 1893 Angerburg
Died	20 May 1983(1983-05-20) (aged 89) Finsterwalde
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1920) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1912–1920 1935–1945
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	73. Infanterie-Division 126. Infanterie-Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Invasion of Yugoslavia Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) First Battle of Kharkov Battle of the Caucasus Lublin–Brest Offensive Courland Pocket
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Other work	Police officer

Kurt Haehling (7 November 1893 – 20 May 1983) was a highly decorated Generalmajor 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. Kurt Haehling was captured by Soviet troops in May 1945 in the Courland Pocket. He was held until 1951.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
Eastern Front Medal
German Cross in Gold (26 December 1941)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 2 March 1945 as Generalmajor and commander of 126. Infanterie-Division^[1]

References

Citations

↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 174.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtsteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die 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 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

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Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Dr. Friedrich Franek	Commander of 73. Infanterie-Division 30 July 1944 – 7 September 1944	Succeeded by Generalmajor Franz Schlieper
Preceded by Generalleutnant Gotthard Fischer	Commander of 126. Infanterie-Division 14 February 1945 – 8 May 1945	Succeeded by None

v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 126th Infantry Division

Stab	Gotthard Fischer Kurt Haehling Paul Laux¹ (Oak Leaves)

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 422	Paul Baumann Günter Braake Heinrich Dittlof Werner Frotscher Gerhard Gehrmann Johann Groscheck Klaus Hilgemann² (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Hogrebe (Oak Leaves) Ernst Klossek Günther Marreck Heinrich Seidel Rudolf Wulf (Oak Leaves)

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 424	Wilhelm Cappel Harry Hoppe³ (Oak Leaves) Kurt Klein Herbert Marre Hans Uhde

Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 426	Josef Bremm⁴ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Willi Bunzel Henning Daubert Wolfgang Fahrenberg Karl Glätzer Otto Hamburger Heinrich Hans Alfred Hemman Rudolf Herkelmann Klaus Hilgemann² (Oak Leaves) Herbert Hoffmann Alfred Holler Hans Kleinmann Hans Kurscheid Willi Wechsung Walter Wienke

Artillerie-Regiment 126	Siegfried Fehre Paul Lüneburg Otto-Karl Neumann

Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 126	Ernst Kirchlehner Friedrich Klee Richard Rehmer Alfred Rutkowski Anton Schroeter

¹ Oak Leaves with the II. Armeekorps. ² Knight's Cross with Grenadier-Regiment 422, Oak Leaves with Grenadier-Regiment 426. ³ Oak Leaves with the 228th Infantry Division. ⁴ Oak Leaves with Grenadier-Regiment 990 (277th Infantry Division).

Persondata
Name	Haehling, Kurt
Alternative names
Short description	German General and Knight's Cross recipient
Date of birth	7 November 1897
Place of birth	Angerburg, East Prussia
Date of death	20 May 1983
Place of death	Finsterwalde, Germany

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