Georg Koßmala

{{Short description|German general in World War II}}

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|name=Georg Koßmala

|birth_date={{Birth date|1896|10|22|df=y}}

|death_date={{death date and age|1945|3|18|1896|10|22|df=y}}

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|death_place= Oberglogau

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|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch=Army (Wehrmacht)

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|rank=Generalmajor

|commands=32d Infantry Division
272nd Volksgrenadier-Division

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World War II

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

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Georg Koßmala (22 October 1896 – 18 March 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 with Oak Leaves. Koßmala was killed on 18 March 1945 in Oberglogau in Upper Silesia.

Awards and decorations

  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (6 October 1939) & 1st Class (22 August 1941)Thomas 1997, p. 397.
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 13 March 1942 as Oberst and commander of Sicherungs-Regiment 3Fellgiebel 2000, p. 222.
  • Oak Leaves on 26 March 1944 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 6Fellgiebel 2000, p. 69.
  • 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

    |last=Thomas

    |first=Franz

    |year=1997

    |title=Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K

    |trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K

    |language=German

    |location=Osnabrück, Germany

    |publisher=Biblio-Verlag

    |isbn=978-3-7648-2299-6

    }}

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    {{Succession box|

    before=Generalleutnant Hans Boeckh-Behrens|

    after=Generalleutnant Hans Boeckh-Behrens|

    title= Commander of 32. Infanterie-Division|

    years=13 August 1944 - September 1944

    }}

    {{Succession box|

    before=?|

    after=Generalleutnant Eugen König|

    title= Commander of 272. Volksgrenadier-Division|

    years=30 September 1944 - 13 December 1944

    }}

    {{Succession box|

    before=Generalmajor Rudolf Goltzsch|

    after=Generalmajor Rolf Scherenberg|

    title= Commander of 344. Infanterie-Division|

    years=16 December 1944 - 28 February 1945

    }}

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    Category:1896 births

    Category:1945 deaths

    Category:People from Mysłowice

    Category:Military personnel from the Province of Silesia

    Category:Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)

    Category:German Army personnel of World War I

    Category:German police officers

    Category:German Army personnel killed in World War II

    Category:Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class

    Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

    Category:German Army generals of World War II