Date of birth:

June 26th, 1902 (Roennen/Kurland, Germany)

Date of death:

August 14th, 1983 (Bonn/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Heinrich Baron von Behr was captured by British troops in April 1945 and was held until 1947.
Served in the West German Bundeswehr from 1956 untill 1962 and finally achieved the rank of Generalmajor.

Promotions:
07.01.1919: entered the Army
01.12.1926: Leutnant
Oberleutnant
01.06.1935: Rittmeister (24)
01.10.1939: Major (16)
01.03.1942: Oberstleutnant (196)
01.02.1944: Oberst (30)
01.04.1945: General Major

Career:
01.09.1939: Pan.Na.Ers.Abt.81
25.09.1939: Na.Abt.198
20.04.1940: Pan.Na.Abt.39
20.10.-02.12.1941: Pz.Corps Na.Abt.424
18.01.1942: Na.Abt.(mot)475
25.10.1942: Fu.Res.OKH - Kdr.d.H.Na.Schule 1
01.03.1943: appointed to Pz.Tr.Schule Wunsdorf - WK III
17.05.1943: appointed to 26 Pz.Div. - as Kdr. Pz.Gren.Regt 200
01.07.1943: Pz.Gren.Regt.200
27.12.1944: 90 Pz.Gren.Div

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

April 20th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 24th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberst (Colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment (motorisiert) 200, 90. Panzergrenadier-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

February 23rd, 1944

On the 27.01.1944 the Panzergrenadier-Regiment 200 and the subordinated I./Grenadier-Regiment 134 launched a counterattack in order to close the frontline gap created by French forces north of Cassino. By the evening of this day both the Colle Abate and Hill 862 had been occupied, and the gap to the 44. Infanterie-Division had been closed. With this a potentially decisive Allied breakthrough had been prevented. The regimental commander, Oberst von Behr, would eventually receive the Knight’s Cross for this action.

2712th Heer Award.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberst (Colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 200, 90. Panzergrenadier-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

January 9th, 1945

Awarded for his actions during the defensive combat in northern Italy. In the middle of May 1944 he and his Regiment achieved a significant defensive victory. Later, at the end of September 1944, he and his men smashed all Allied attacks against the small city of Savignano am Rubikon. When the Allied forces later achieved a penetration during their renewed attack he rushed to the threatened position with elements of his regimental staff and ejected the British from a commanding hill via a personally-led counterattack.

689th Award.

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