Hans Kroh

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{{Infobox military person

|name=Hans Kroh

|birth_date={{birth date|1907|5|13|df=y}}

|death_date={{death date and age|1967|7|18|1907|5|13|df=y}}

|birth_place=Heidelberg, German Empire

|death_place=Braunschweig, West Germany

|image=Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1979-128-32, Hans Kroh.jpg

|image_size=200px

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|allegiance=Nazi Germany
West Germany

|branch=Luftwaffe
German Army

|serviceyears=1935–1945
1956–1962

|rank=Generalmajor (Wehrmacht / Bundeswehr)

|commands=2nd Parachute Division

|unit=

|battles={{tree list}}

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Great Cross of Merit

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Hans Kroh (13 May 1907 – 18 July 1967) was a German paratroop general in the Wehrmacht and Bundeswehr and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany.

Kroh started his military career in 1935; he transferred to the Luftwaffe in 1936. He took part in the Battle of Crete for which he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 August 1941. In Africa, Kroh served in the Ramcke Parachute Brigade. Kroh commanded the 2nd Parachute Division in the Battle for Brest; he was taken prisoner on 18 September 1944. Kroh was released from custody in 1948 and joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 as Oberst. In 1957 he was promoted to Brigadegeneral and appointed a divisional commander. He retired in 1962 at the rank of Generalmajor. Kroh died in 1967.

Awards

Iron Cross 2nd Class (22 May 1940) & 1st Class (22 May 1940)Thomas 1997, p. 411.
Medaglia d'Argento al Valor Militare (9 February 1942)Thomas & Wegmann 1986, p. 150.
German Cross in Gold on 24 December 1942 as Major in the I./Lw.Jg.Brig. 1Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 255.
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Knight's Cross on 21 August 1941 as Major and commander I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2Scherzer 2007, p. 476.
443rd Oak Leaves on 6 April 1944 as Oberstleutnant and commander of the Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 2
96th Schwerter on 12 September 1944 as Oberst and leader of the 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division
Great Cross of Merit (12 September 1962)

References

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{{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=Scherzer

|first=Veit

|year=2007

|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives

|trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives

|language=German

|location=Jena, Germany

|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag

|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2

}}