Martin Strahammer

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| name = Martin Strahammer

| birth_date = 13 November 1890

| death_date = {{death date and age|1945|5|2|1890|11|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Gösting, Graz, Austria-Hungary

| death_place = Parma, Italy

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| allegiance = {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

| branch = Army (Wehrmacht)

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| rank = Generalmajor

| commands = 114th Jäger Division

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

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Martin Strahammer (13 November 1890 – 2 May 1945) was an Austrian general in the armed forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Following his surrender, he was shot by American forces on 2 May 1945 at Parma under unclear circumstances.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (8 September 1917)Thomas 1998, p. 358.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (4 July 1941) & 1st Class (5 August 1941)
German Cross in Gold on 11 March 1943 as Oberst in Grenadier-Regiment 266Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 463.
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Knight's Cross on 30 January 1942 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 240Fellgiebel 2000, p. 336.
Oak Leaves on 11 August 1944 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 146Fellgiebel 2000, p. 73.

References

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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

}}