Kurt Möhring

Kurt Möhring
Born	3 January 1900
Died	18 December 1944(1944-12-18) (aged 44) Befort, Luxembourg
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1916–44
Rank	Generalleutnant (Posthumously)
Commands held	196th Infantry Division 276th Volksgrenadier Division
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of the Bulge †
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Kurt Möhring (3 January 1900 – 18 December 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Möhring was killed on 18 December 1944 in Befort, Luxembourg, during the Battle of the Bulge.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 July 1943 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 82^[1]

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.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Dr. Friedrich Franek	Commander of 196. Infanterie-Division 24 December 1943 – February 1944	Succeeded by Oberst Klinge
Preceded by None	Commander of 276.Volksgrenadier-Division 4 September 1944 – 18 December 1944	Succeeded by Generalmajor Hugo Dempwolff

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 31st Infantry Division
Gerhard Berthold Friedrich Hoßbach¹ (Oak Leaves) Ernst König (Oak Leaves) Willifrank Ochsner
¹ Oak Leaves with LVI Panzer Corps

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