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Keller, Alfred (LW-General)

Date of birth:
September 19th, 1882 (Bochum, Germany)
Date of death:
February 11th, 1974 (Berlin, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
December 4th, 1917
Orden Pour le Mérite
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 6th, 1941
Wehrmachtbericht
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 16th, 1941
Wehrmachtbericht
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
October 21st, 1941
Wehrmachtbericht
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
June 29th, 1942
Under the leadership of General of the Cavalry Lindemann, troops of the Army and Waffen-SS, including Spanish, Dutch and Flemish volunteer units, excellently supported by the Air Fleet of Colonel-General Keller, after months of bitter fighting under difficult weather and terrain conditions, these hostile armies, were first sealed off from their communication and supply lines, then crowded together more and more, and today finally destroyed.
Wehrmachtbericht

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