Gustav Gihr

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|name=Gustav Gihr

|birth_date={{birth date|1894|1|10|df=y}}

|death_date= {{death date and age|1959|10|31|1894|1|10|df=y}}

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||image=Gustav Gihr.jpg

|caption= Gustav Gihr

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|allegiance={{flag|German Empire}}
{{flag|Weimar Republic}}
{{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch=Army

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|rank=generalmajor

|commands=216th Infantry Division
707th Infantry Division
45th Infantry Division

|battles=World War II

Bobruysk offensive {{POW}}

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Gustav Gihr (18 August 1894 – 31 October 1959) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He commanded several infantry divisions during the war before surrendering to the Red Army in 1944.

Biography

On 15 May 1944 Gihr became commander of the 707th Infantry Division and fought during the Bobruisk Offensive on the Eastern Front.{{sfn|Mitcham|2007|p=168}} On 27 June 1944, at Bobruisk, Gihr was taken prisoner by the Red Army. He was released from captivity on 11 October 1955.

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References

{{cite book

| last = Lehrer

| first = Steven

| title = Hitler Sites: A City-by-city Guidebook (Austria, Germany, France, United States)

| publisher = McFarland

| year = 2002

| pages = 224

| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=pAZoAAAAMAAJ&q=hitler+sites

| isbn = 0-7864-1045-0}}

{{cite book|last=Mitcham|first=Samuel W.|title=German Order of Battle, Volume One: 1st – 290th Infantry Divisions in WWII|year=2007|publisher=Stackpole Books|location=PA; United States of America|isbn=978-0-8117-3416-5}}

{{succession box|

before=Generalleutnant Egon von Neindorff|

after= —|

title= Commander of 216th Infantry Division|

years=20 October 1943 – 17 November 1943

}}

{{succession box|

before=Oberst Carl Andre|

after=Generalleutnant Fritz-Georg von Rappard|

title=Commander of 7th Infantry Division|

years=30 November 1943 – 8 December 1943

}}