Gustav Gihr (18 August 1894 – 31 October 1959) was a German general in the
Wehrmacht
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of
Nazi Germany
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during
World War II
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. He commanded several infantry divisions during the war before surrendering to the Red Army in 1944.
Biography
On 15 May 1944 Gihr became commander of the
707th Infantry Division and fought during the
Bobruisk Offensive on the
Eastern Front. On 27 June 1944, at Bobruisk, Gihr was taken prisoner by the Red Army. He was released from captivity on 11 October 1955.
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1894 births
1959 deaths
People from Tuttlingen (district)
People from the Grand Duchy of Baden
Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
German Army personnel of World War I
German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
Recipients of the Gold German Cross
Military personnel from Baden-Württemberg
German Army generals of World War II