Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt

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|birth_date={{Birth date|1915|6|30|df=y}}

|death_date={{Death date and age|2014|6|19|1915|6|30|df=yes}}

|birth_place=Markranstädt, German Empire

|death_place=Schmalfeld, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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|allegiance={{flag|Weimar Republic}}
{{flag|Nazi Germany}}
{{flag|West Germany}}

|branch=Army
Bundeswehr

|serviceyears=1934–45
1955–71

|rank= Major (Wehrmacht)
Brigadegeneral (Bundeswehr)

|commands=Panzergrenadierbrigade 16

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|battles=World War II

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

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Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt (30 June 1915 – 19 June 2014) was a German Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Dennhardt served in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein as a Christian Democratic Union politician after World War II.[http://www.zeit.de/1990/05/das-braune-schleswig-holstein?page=all Das braune Schleswig-Holstein], Die Zeit, 26 January 1990 He rejoined the military service in the West German Bundeswehr in 1955, retiring in 1971 holding the rank of Brigadegeneral. He commanded the Panzergrenadierbrigade 16 from 1 November 1965 to 31 March 1968 and was deputy commander of the 6th Panzergrenadier Division.

Awards and decorations

Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (28 May 1938)Thomas & Wegmann 1998, p. 217.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (2 June 1940) & 1st Class (8 September 1940)Thomas 1997, p. 114.
Wound Badge (1939) in Black (26 August 1941); in Silver (29 August 1942); in Gold (5 October 1942)
Infantry Assault Badge in Bronze (1 May 1942)
Eastern Front Medal (3 August 1942)
German Cross in Gold on 12 February 1943 as Hauptmann in the III./Grenadier-Regiment 53 (motorized)Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 82.
Close Combat Clasp in Bronze (6 December 1943) & in Silver (15 April 1945)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Knight's Cross on 18 March 1942 as Major and commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 11 and regiment leaderFellgiebel 2000, p. 159.{{refn|According to Scherzer as leader of Grenadier-Regiment 11.Scherzer 2007, p. 269.|group=Note}}
(870th) Oak Leaves on 9 May 1945 as Major and leader of Grenadier-Regiment 1143Fellgiebel 2000, p. 103.{{refn|Major Joachim Domaschk, who processed the nomination at the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) from the troop, had sent a message to the AOK Ostpreußen on 28 March 1945 requesting an approval from the Armeekorps and the Armee. This approval was never received before the end of hostilities. Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt is not listed in the book for the "nominations for the higher grades of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross" nor in the nomination book for Knight's Cross (starting with Nr. 5100). According to the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) the award was presented in accordance with the Dönitz-decree. This is illegal according to the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) and lacks legal justification. The sequential number "870" and the presentation date were assigned by the AKCR. Dennhardt was a member of the AKCR.Scherzer 2007, p. 126.|group="Note"}}
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1st Class (10 May 1971)

Notes

References

=Citations=

=Bibliography=

{{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

}}

{{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

}}