Erich Buschenhagen

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|name=Erich Buschenhagen

|birth_date=8 December 1895

|death_date={{death date and age|1994|9|13|1895|12|8|df=y}}

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|image=Photo of Erich Buschenhagen.png

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|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch=Army

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|rank= General of the Infantry

|commands=15th Infantry Division
LII Army Corps

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|battles=

Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944)

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

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Erich Buschenhagen (December 8, 1895 – September 13, 1994) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the LII Corps during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Buschenhagen surrendered to the Soviet forces in August 1944, after the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944) and was held in the Soviet Union as a war criminal until October 1955.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross – 2nd Class (November 22, 1914) & 1st Class (October 7, 1917)Thomas 1997, p. 95.
Clasp to the Iron Cross – 2nd Class (September 17, 1939) & 1st Class (September 26, 1939)
German Cross in Gold on July 19, 1942 as Generalmajor in AOK NorwegenPatzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 70.
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Knight's Cross on December 5, 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 15. Infanterie DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 128.
Oak Leaves on July 4, 1944 as General der Infanterie and commander of LII. ArmeekorpsFellgiebel 2000, p. 72.

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

}}