Martin Grase
{{short description|WW2 German Army general (1891-1963)}}
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|name = Martin Grase
|birth_date = 3 May 1891
|death_date = {{death date and age|1963|8|3|1891|5|3|df=y}}
|birth_place = Schlochau
|death_place = Freiburg
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|allegiance = German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
|branch = German Army
|serviceyears = 1909–1945
|rank = General der Infanterie
|commands = 1st Infantry Division
I Army Corps
XXVI Army Corps
|unit =
|battles = {{tree list}}
- World War I
- World War II
- Invasion of Poland
- Battle of France
- Operation Barbarossa
- Siege of Leningrad
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|awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
|laterwork =
}}
Martin Grase (3 May 1891 – 3 August 1963) was a German general during World War II. 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 (28 September 1914) & 1st Class (6 December 1916)Thomas 1997, p. 214.
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (24 September 1939) & 1st Class (5 July 1940)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 18 October 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 1Fellgiebel 2000, p. 167.
- Oak Leaves on 23 May 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 1. Infanterie DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 61.
References
=Citations=
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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 Philipp Kleffel|
after=Generalleutnant Ernst-Anton von Krosigk|
title= Commander of 1. Infanterie-Division|
years=16 January 1942 - 1 July 1943
}}
{{succession box|
before=General der Infanterie Otto Wöhler|
after=General der Infanterie Carl Hilpert|
title= Commander of I. Armeekorps|
years=15 August 1943 - 31 December 1943
}}
{{succession box|
before=General der Infanterie Carl Hilpert|
after=General der Infanterie Anton Grasser|
title= Commander of XXVI. Armeekorps|
years=1 January 1944 - 15 February 1944
}}
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Category:20th-century Freikorps personnel
Category:Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht)
Category:German Army generals of World War II
Category:German Army personnel of World War I
Category:German prisoners of war in World War II
Category:Military personnel from West Prussia
Category:Prussian Army personnel
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
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