__NOTOC__ Bernd von Doering (16 January 1903 – 7 July 1944) was a general in the

Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

during

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. He was a recipient of the

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight' ...

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on 30 November 1940 as ''

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'' and commander of the II./Schützen-Regiment 79Fellgiebel 2000, p. 138.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doering, Bernd von 1903 births 1944 deaths Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht) German Army personnel killed in World War II Nobility in the Nazi Party Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross People from Poznań County People from the Province of Posen German Army generals of World War II