__NOTOC__ Erich-Heinrich Clößnerr (17 September 1888 – 28 March 1976) was a German general during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

who held commands at the divisional and corps levels. 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' ...

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 ...

Awards and decorations

on 29 September 1940 as '' Generalleutnant'' and commander of 25. Infanterie-Division * German Cross in Gold on 15 July 1942 as '' General der Infanterie'' and commanding general of the LIII. ArmeekorpsPatzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 74.

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