Christian Usinger
{{short description|WW2 German Army general (1894-1949)}}
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|death_place = POW camp at Shuya, Soviet Union
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|allegiance = German Empire
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|branch = German Army
|serviceyears = 1914–1945
|rank = Generalleutnant
|commands = I Army Corps
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Christian Usinger (21 August 1894 – 2 April 1949) was a German general during World War II who commanded the I Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Usinger surrendered to the Soviet Forces in 1945 in the Courland Pocket. He died in a POW camp in the Soviet Union in early 1949.
Awards and decorations
- German Cross in Gold on 19 September 1942 as Oberst in Arko 110Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 484.
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 as Generalmajor and leader of the 81. Infanterie-DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 428.
References
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- {{Cite book
|last=Fellgiebel
|first=Walther-Peer
|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
|year=2000
|origyear=1986
|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile
|trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches
|language=German
|location=Friedberg, Germany
|publisher=Podzun-Pallas
|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
}}
- Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941–1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. {{ISBN|3-931533-45-X}}.
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before=General der Infanterie Friedrich Fangohr|
after=German Capitulation|
title= Commander of I. Armeekorps|
years=21 April 1945 - 8 May 1945
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Category:German Army generals of World War II
Category:German Army personnel of World War I
Category:German people who died in Soviet detention
Category:German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
Category:Lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
Category:Military personnel from Lower Saxony
Category:Military personnel from the Province of Hanover
Category:People from Wilhelmshaven