Heinz Furbach

Heinz Furbach
Born	27 September 1895
Died	23 October 1968(1968-10-23) (aged 73)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	331st Infantry Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Eastern Front
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Heinz Furbach (27 September 1895 – 23 October 1968) was a German general n the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (10 November 1914) & 1st Class (26 September 1916)^[1]
Wound Badge (1914) in White (5 May 1918)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (26 April 1918)^[1]
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (30 December 1934)^[1]
Wehrmacht Long Service Award 2nd Class (2 October 1936)^[1]
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 May 1940) & 1st Class (27 May 1940)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 October 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 58^[2]

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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.
Wegmann, Günter (2010). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 7: Fl–Fu [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 7: Fl–Fu] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2380-1.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Karl Rhein	Commander of 331. Infanterie-Division 1 January 1944 – 25 April 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Karl Rhein

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 6th Infantry Division
Carl Becker² (Oak Leaves) Arnold von Biegeleben Georg von Boeselager (Swords) Heinz Furbach Horst Großmann¹ (Oak Leaves)
¹Knight's Cross with the 8th Infantry Division. ²Oak Leaves with the 253rd Infanterie-Division.

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