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Kuno-Hans von Both

Born	(1884-04-09)9 April 1884 Saverne, Alsace-Lorraine
Died	22 May 1955(1955-05-22) (aged 71) Ehlen [ de]^{[ verification needed]}, Habichtswald, Hesse
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	German Army
Years of service	1903–45
Rank	General of the Infantry
Commands held	21st Infantry Division I Army Corps Army Group North Rear Area
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of the Netherlands Battle of Belgium Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad
Awards	Pour le Mérite Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Kuno-Hans von Both (9 April 1884 – 22 May 1955) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of both the Pour le Mérite of the German Empire and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He was also awarded the Nazi Party Blood Order by Adolf Hitler for his participation in Nazi activities prior to Adolf Hitler's rise to power.

Awards and decorations

Order of Franz Joseph (Austria-Hungary, 27 January 1911)^[1]
Lippe House Order, 4th class (18 June 1914)^[1]
Iron Cross 2nd Class (22 September 1914) & 1st Class (9 February 1915)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern 3rd Class with Swords (23 December 1917)^[1]
Military Merit Order, 4th class with Swords (Bavaria) (27 June 1918)^[1]
Pour le Mérite (10 April 1918)^[1]
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (20 December 1934)^[1]
Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class & 1st Class (September 1939)^[1]
German Cross in Gold on 9 September 1942 as General der Infanterie and commander of I. Armeekorps^[2]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 July 1941 as General der Infanterie and commander of I. Armeekorps^[3]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Thomas & Wegmann 1992, p. 318.
^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 54.
^ Scherzer 2007, p. 237.

Bibliography

Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
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 Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
Thomas, Franz; Wegmann, Günter (1992). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 2: Bi–Bo [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 2: Bi–Bo] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-1734-3.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Albert Wodrig	Commander of 21. Infanterie-Division 10 November 1938 – 20 October 1939	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Otto Sponheimer
Preceded by General der Artillerie Walter Petzel	Commander of I. Armeekorps 26 October 1939 – 1 April 1943	Succeeded by General der Kavallerie Philipp Kleffel

v t e Wehrmacht Army Group Rear Areas during the German–Soviet War, 1941–45
Army Group Rear Area Command	North Centre South
Commanding organisations	Army High Command Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS Army Group North Army Group Centre Army Group South
Commanders	Erich Friderici Ludwig Kübler Kuno-Hans von Both Franz von Roques Karl von Roques Edwin von Rothkirch Max von Schenckendorff Joachim Witthöft
Security Divisions	201st 203rd 207th 213th 221st ( Police Battalion (PB) 309) 281st 285th 286th 403rd 444th 454th 707th
HSS-PF	Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski Friedrich Jeckeln Hans-Adolf Prützmann
Order Police and SS Detachments	Einsatzgruppen ( PB 9) Police Regiment North Police Regiment Centre ( PB 307, PB 316, PB 322) Police Regiment South ( PB 45, PB 303, PB 314) Police Regiment Special Purpose ( PB 304, PB 315, PB 320) SS Cavalry Brigade 1st SS Infantry Brigade 2nd SS Infantry Brigade
Milestones	Hunger Plan Hitler's speech of 30 March 1941 Criminal orders ( Barbarossa Decree * Commissar Order * Guidelines for the Conduct of the Troops in Russia) Mogilev conference Nazi security warfare
Major crimes	Babi Yar Kamianets-Podilskyi massacre Persecution of Soviet prisoners of war
War crimes trials	High Command Trial Kharkov Trial Krasnodar Trial Minsk Trial Riga Trial Ukase 43
Related articles	The Holocaust War of annihilation War crimes of the Wehrmacht Myth of the clean Wehrmacht
Historiography	Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945 Hitler’s Bandit Hunters Hitler's Generals on Trial Hitler's War in the East 1941−1945 Marching into Darkness: The Wehrmacht and the Holocaust The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality

v t e Recipients of the Pour le Mérite and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Fedor von Bock Kuno-Hans von Both Ernst Busch Hermann Göring Robert Ritter von Greim Siegfried Haenicke Alfred Keller Heinrich Kirchheim Otto Lancelle Bruno Loerzer Theo Osterkamp Johann von Ravenstein Erwin Rommel Karl Rothenburg Ferdinand Schörner Wolff von Stutterheim Ernst Udet
Names are in alphabetical order

Kuno-Hans von Both

Born	(1884-04-09)9 April 1884 Saverne, Alsace-Lorraine
Died	22 May 1955(1955-05-22) (aged 71) Ehlen [ de]^{[ verification needed]}, Habichtswald, Hesse
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	German Army
Years of service	1903–45
Rank	General of the Infantry
Commands held	21st Infantry Division I Army Corps Army Group North Rear Area
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of the Netherlands Battle of Belgium Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad
Awards	Pour le Mérite Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Kuno-Hans von Both

Born

9 April 1884
Saverne, Alsace-Lorraine

Died

22 May 1955 (aged 71)
Ehlen [ de]^{[
verification needed]}, Habichtswald, Hesse

Allegiance

German Empire

Weimar Republic

Nazi Germany

Service/branch

German Army

Years of service

1903–45

Rank

General of the Infantry

Commands held

21st Infantry Division
I Army Corps
Army Group North Rear Area

Battles/wars

World War I

World War II

Awards

Pour le Mérite
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Awards and decorations

Order of Franz Joseph (Austria-Hungary, 27 January 1911)^[1]

Lippe House Order, 4th class (18 June 1914)^[1]

Iron Cross 2nd Class (22 September 1914) & 1st Class (9 February 1915)^[1]

Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern 3rd Class with Swords (23 December 1917)^[1]

Military Merit Order, 4th class with Swords (Bavaria) (27 June 1918)^[1]

Pour le Mérite (10 April 1918)^[1]

Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (20 December 1934)^[1]

Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class & 1st Class (September 1939)^[1]

German Cross in Gold on 9 September 1942 as General der Infanterie and commander of I. Armeekorps^[2]

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 July 1941 as General der Infanterie and commander of I. Armeekorps^[3]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Thomas & Wegmann 1992, p. 318.
^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 54.
^ Scherzer 2007, p. 237.

Bibliography

Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
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 Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
Thomas, Franz; Wegmann, Günter (1992). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 2: Bi–Bo [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 2: Bi–Bo] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-1734-3.

Military offices

Preceded by

Generalleutnant Albert Wodrig

Commander of 21. Infanterie-Division
10 November 1938 – 20 October 1939

Succeeded by

Generalleutnant Otto Sponheimer

Preceded by

General der Artillerie Walter Petzel

Commander of I. Armeekorps
26 October 1939 – 1 April 1943

Succeeded by

General der Kavallerie Philipp Kleffel

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