__NOTOC__ Ernst Meiners (13 June 1893 – 11 June 1959) 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 opposing ...

. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of

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

* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 December 1943 as '' Oberst der Reserve'' and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 161Fellgiebel 2000, p. 251.

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