Clößner, Erich
- Date of birth:
- September 17th, 1888 (Gießen/Hessen, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 28th, 1976 (Kostanz, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Full name Erich Heinrich Philipp Karl Albert Reinhard Clößner.
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Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 19th, 1935
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 20th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 6th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 25.Infanterie-Division / XVIII.Armeekorps / 9.Armee / Heeresgruppe A
- Awarded on:
- September 29th, 1940
“Over the course of the 05.-07.06.1940 Generalleutnant Clößner led his troops forwards over the Oise-Aisne Kanal, and afterwards stormed the Chemin des Dames and the Laffaux heights with his men.”
The following press excerpt from October 1940 further details these actions as follows…
“Between the 05. and 10.06.1940 Generalleutnant Clößner decisively contributed to the breakthrough victory of his Korps as well as the subsequent pursuit battles along the Aisne Canal and Marne river through the masterful leadership of his Division. During the assault across the Marne river his Division served as the pacemaker for the young neighbouring Divisionen against the desperately defending enemy. In doing so he brought about a military accomplishment of unusually high merit.”
80th Award
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Infanterie
- Unit:
- Kommandierender General LIII Armeekorps / 2.Panzerarmee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
- Awarded on:
- July 15th, 1942
Awarding 144/2
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 20th, 1942
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1998.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Ritterkreuztraeger 1939 - 1945
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