Busch, Ernst Wilhelm Bernhard (General)
- Date of birth:
- July 6th, 1885 (Steele near Essen, German Empire)
- Date of death:
- July 17th, 1945 (Camp Aldershot near London, Great Britain)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Cannock Chase
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant
- Awarded on:
- September 20th, 1914
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann
- Awarded on:
- March 6th, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann
- Awarded on:
- June 14th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann
- Unit:
- II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment “Vogel von Falckenstein“ Nr. 5
- Awarded on:
- October 4th, 1918
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1935
- Rank:
- Generalmajor (Brigadier)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General (Lieutenant-General)
- Unit:
- VIII.Armeekorps, Heer
- Awarded on:
- September 18th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General (Lieutenant-General)
- Unit:
- VIII.Armeekorps, Heer
- Awarded on:
- September 25th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Infanterie (Lieutenant-General of Infantry)
- Unit:
- 16.Armee, Heer
- Awarded on:
- May 26th, 1940
“General der Infanterie Busch has masterfully conducted difficult leadership actions while serving as the commander of the 16. Armee. More than this he has also decisively influenced the success of the attack of the VII. Armee-Korps (located on the right wing of his Armee) around and south of Carrigan.”
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generaloberst (General)
- Awarded on:
- August 6th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generaloberst (General)
- Awarded on:
- September 16th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generaloberst (General)
- Awarded on:
- October 21st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generaloberst (General)
- Unit:
- 16.Armee, Heer
- Awarded on:
- July 30th, 1942
Vapaudenristin 1.luokka rintatähtineen (VR 1 rt)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generaloberst (General)
- Unit:
- 16.Armee, Heer
- Awarded on:
- March 29th, 1943
Awarded with swords.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generaloberst (General)
- Awarded on:
- January 28th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshall)
- Unit:
- 16. Armee, Heer
- Awarded on:
- August 21st, 1943
“During the campaign against the Soviet Union he led the Armee that broke through the Stalin Line along the Lithuanian and Latvian-Soviet border and then thrust ahead to Lake Ilmen. Over a succession of brilliantly led battles he destroyed much larger enemy forces south of Lake Ilmen. His Armee then had to fight particularly hard during the subsequent defensive battles since the winter of 1941/42. A portion of his troops were encircled in ‘Fortress Demyansk’. Extremely difficult tasks had to be completed in the 12 months of combat up until the time when the protruding frontline salient was finally evacuated, and Generalfeldmarschall Busch was able to master these through his skillful and energetic leadership. His name is inseparably connected to the difficult battles to restore contact with the encircled units and then conduct numerous defensive engagements south of Lake Ilmen, battles which will go down as glorious chapters in the history of the German Army.”
274th Award.
- Rank:
- General der Infanterie (Lieutenant-General of Infantry)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1997.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993.
- Kursietis A.J., The wehrmacht at war 1939-1945 the units and commanders, ISBN 907532338-7
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939- - Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939-1945; Band 1 1989
1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Axis Biographical Research
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