Otto Drescher

Otto Drescher
Born	5 October 1895
Died	13 August 1944(1944-08-13) (aged 48) Klaipėda
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Rank	generalleutnant
Commands held	35th Infantry Division 267th Infantry Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Otto Johann Drescher (5 October 1895 – 13 August 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Drescher died on 13 August 1944 in Klaipėda.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 April 1944 as generalleutnant and commander of 267th Infantry Division^[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 Ludwig Merker	Commander of 35th Infantry Division April 1943 – 8 June 1943	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Ludwig Merker
Preceded by Generalleutnant Friedrich Stephan	Commander of 267th Infantry Division 8 June 1943 – August 1944	Succeeded by None

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