Ernst Sieler
{{Short description|WW2 German Army general (1893-1983)}}
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|birth_date=22 August 1893
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{{flag|Weimar Republic}}
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|branch=Army
|serviceyears= 1913–1945
|rank= Generalleutnant
|commands=304th Infantry Division
LIX Army Corps
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|battles=World War I
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|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
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Ernst Sieler (22 August 1893 – 6 October 1983) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the LIX. Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Sieler surrendered to the Soviet forces in the course of Red Army's Vistula–Oder Offensive. He was held in the Soviet Union as a war criminal until 1955.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (14 September 1914) & 1st Class (1 July 1916)Thomas 1998, p. 321.
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (11 May 1940) & 1st Class (23 May 1940)
- German Cross in Gold on 23 February 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 304. Infanterie-DivisionPatzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 444.
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 12 September 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 46Fellgiebel 2000, p. 325.
- 502nd Oak Leaves on 24 June 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 304. Infanterie-DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 71.
References
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=Bibliography=
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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
}}
- {{Cite book
|last1=Patzwall
|first1=Klaus D.
|last2=Scherzer
|first2=Veit
|year=2001
|title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II
|trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2
|language=German
|location=Norderstedt, Germany
|publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall
|isbn=978-3-931533-45-8
}}
- {{Cite book
|last=Thomas
|first=Franz
|year=1998
|title=Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z
|trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z
|language=German
|location=Osnabrück, Germany
|publisher=Biblio-Verlag
|isbn=978-3-7648-2300-9
}}
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before=Generalleutnant Heinrich Krampf|
after=Oberst Alfred Philippi|
title=Commander of 304. Infanterie-Division |
years=16 November 1942 - 1 February 1943
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{{succession box|
before=Oberst Alfred Philippi|
after=Oberst Norbert Holm|
title=Commander of 304. Infanterie-Division |
years=1 March 1943 - 30 August 1943
}}
{{succession box|
before=Oberst Norbert Holm|
after=Generalmajor Gustav Hundt|
title=Commander of 304. Infanterie-Division |
years=October 1943 - 8 May 1944
}}
{{succession box|
before=Generalmajor Gustav Hundt|
after=Generalmajor Ulrich Liß|
title=Commander of 304. Infanterie-Division |
years=9 August 1944 - January 1945
}}
{{succession box|
before=Generalleutnant Joachim von Tresckow|
after=None|
title=Commander of LIX Armeekorps |
years=1 February 1945 - 8 May 1945
}}
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{{Knight's Cross recipients of the 30th ID}}
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Category:Lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
Category:German Army personnel of World War I
Category:Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
Category:Recipients of the Gold German Cross
Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Category:German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
Category:People from Altenburg
Category:People from Saxe-Altenburg
Category:Prussian Army personnel