Georg Haus

{{short description|German General (1895-1945)}}

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|name = Georg Haus

|birth_date = 16 September 1895

|death_date = {{death date and age|1945|4|16|1895|9|16|df=y}}

|birth_place =

|death_place = Pillau, East Prussia

|image = Georg Haus.jpg

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|allegiance = {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch = Army (Wehrmacht)

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|rank = Generalleutnant (Posthumously)

|commands = 17th Infantry Division
50th Infantry Division

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|battles =

Zemland Offensive{{KIA}}

|awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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Georg Haus (16 September 1895 – 16 April 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Haus was killed on 16 April 1945 near Pillau, East Prussia during the Soviet Zemland Offensive. He was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 February 1944 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 55Fellgiebel 2000, p. 179.
  • Notes

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    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

    }}

    {{refend}}

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    {{succession box

    |before=Oberst Otto-Hermann Brücker

    |after=Oberst Theodor Preu

    |title=Commander of 17. Infanterie-Division

    |years=15 March 1944 – 1 April 1944

    }}

    {{succession box

    |before=Generalleutnant Paul Betz

    |after=Generalmajor Kurt Domansky

    |title=Commander of 50. Infanterie-Division

    |years=5 June 1944 – 16 April 1945

    }}

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