Hermann Recknagel
{{Short description|German general (1892–1945)}}
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|death_place=Piotrków Trybunalski, General Government
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|branch=Army (Wehrmacht)
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|rank=General of the Infantry
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XXXXII. Armeekorps
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Hermann Recknagel (18 July 1892 – 23 January 1945) was a German general during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. Recknagel was shot and killed by Polish partisans on 23 January 1945 in German-occupied Poland.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (1 October 1914) & 1st Class (30 September 1916)Thomas 1998, p. 186.
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (22 September 1939) & 1st Class (2 October 1939)
- German Cross in Gold on 11 February 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of the 111. Infanterie-DivisionPatzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 368.
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Knight's Cross on 5 August 1940 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 54Scherzer 2007, p. 616.
- Oak Leaves on 6 November 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 111. Infanterie-Division
- Swords on 23 October 1944 as General der Infanterie and commanding general of the XXXXII. Armeekorps
References
=Citations=
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=Bibliography=
{{Refbegin}}
- {{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
}}
- {{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=General der Infanterie Otto Stapf|
after=Generalmajor Werner von Bülow|
title=Commander of 111. Infanterie-Division|
years=1 January 1942 – 15 August 1943
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before=Generalmajor Werner von Bülow|
after=Generalmajor Erich Gruner|
title=Commander of 111. Infanterie-Division|
years=30 August 1943 – 1 November 1943
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{{succession box|
before=General der Infanterie Franz Mattenklott|
after=Generalmajor Arthur Finger|
title=Commander of XXXXII. Armeekorps|
years=14 June 1944 – 23 January 1945
}}
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