Kruse, Kurt (Generalleutnant)
- Date of birth:
- June 12th, 1895 (Neustrelitz/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)
- Date of death:
- May 30th, 1983 (Bielefeld/North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Generalleutnant Kurt Otto Heinrich Walter Kruse
Promotions:
March 18th, 1914: Fahnenjunker
July 18th, 1914: Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier
September 26th, 1914: Fähnrich
November 24th, 1914: Leutnant - Patent 19.02.1913
June 20th, 1918: Oberleutnant - RDA 20.06.1918 (131a)
January 01st, 1928: Hauptmann (2)
November 01st, 1934: Major (12)
August 01st, 1937: Oberstleutnant (24)
July 01st, 1940: Oberst (3)
November 01st, 1943: Generalmajor (2)
May 01st, 1944: Generalleutnant (4b)
General der Artillerie z.b.V.
Career:
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 22nd, 1914
Kreuz für Auszeichnung im Kriege 2.Klasse
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- June 30th, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- February 16th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- August 2nd, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- mit Schwertern
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 15th, 1918
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 21st, 1934
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- March 18th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 26th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 19th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 12th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, 389. Infanterie-Division "Rheingold", 8. Armee
- Awarded on:
- February 23rd, 1944
Sources
- Photo: http://www.specialcamp11.co.uk/Generalleutnant Kurt Kruse.htm
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Generalleutnant Kurt Kruse - Lexikon der Wehrmacht
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