Karl Arndt

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{{Infobox military person

|name=Karl Arndt

|birth_date={{birth date|1892|3|10|df=y}}

|death_date={{death date and age|1981|12|30|1892|3|10|df=y}}

|birth_place= Groß Kauer, District of Glogau, Province of Silesia, German Empire
present-day Kurów Wielki, Poland

|death_place= Langenholthausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany

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

|branch=Army (Wehrmacht)

|serviceyears=1911–1945

|rank=Generalleutnant

|commands=293rd Infantry Division
359th Infantry Division
XXXIX Panzer Corps

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|battles=World War II

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

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Karl Hermann Arndt (10 March 1892 – 30 December 1981) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (3 October 1914) 1st Class (26 January 1918)Thomas 1997, p. 8.
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (31 December 1934)Thomas & Wegmann 1987, p. 99.
Wehrmacht Long Service Award 1st Class (2 October 1936)
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (27 October 1939) & 1st Class (17 June 1940)
German Cross in Gold on 2 July 1944 as Generalleutnant in the 359. Infanterie-DivisionPatzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 17.
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Knight's Cross on 23 January 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 511Fellgiebel 2000, p. 101.
Oak Leaves on 1 February 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 359. Infanterie-DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 80.

References

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{{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel

|first=Walther-Peer

|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

|year=2000

|orig-date=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

}}