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Loerzer, Bruno

Date of birth:
January 22nd, 1891 (Berlin/Prussia, Germany)
Date of death:
August 22nd, 1960 (Hamburg/Lower Saxony, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Generalleutnant
Unit:
Kommandierender General II Flieger-Korps
Awarded on:
May 29th, 1940
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Oberleutnant
Unit:
Jagdstaffel 26
Awarded on:
February 12th, 1918
Orden Pour le Mérite
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 7th, 1941
During the course of this great battle, the armies of Field Marshal von Kluge and the Colonel General Strauß and Freiherr von Weichs, the Panzer groups of Colonel-General Guderian and Hoth, and the Luftwaffe detachments of the generals of the Air Loerzer and Freiherr von Richthofen were involved gloriously.
Wehrmachtbericht

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