Angelis, de, Maximilian
- Date of birth:
- October 2nd, 1889 (Budapest, Hungary)
- Date of death:
- December 6th, 1974 (Graz/Styria, Austria)
- Nationality:
- Austrian
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1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 76.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- May 13th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 76.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- June 1st, 1940
Ordinul Mihai Viteazul Clasa 3
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Generaal-majoor)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 76. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- September 19th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 76.Infanterie-Division / XXXXIV.Armee-Korps / 17.Armee / Heeresgruppe Süd
- Awarded on:
- February 9th, 1942
859th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Artillerie (Lieutenant-General of Artillerie)
- Unit:
- Kommandierender General XXXXIV.Armee-Korps / 6.Armee / Heeresgruppe A
- Awarded on:
- November 12th, 1943
Awarded the Oakleaves for the following command achievements…
1) Crossing the Donez river in summer 1942.
2) The relentless pursuit of enemy forces as far as the western Caucasus.
3) Helping to hold the Kuban bridgehead despite much larger enemy forces.
323rd Award.
1) Crossing the Donez river in summer 1942.
2) The relentless pursuit of enemy forces as far as the western Caucasus.
3) Helping to hold the Kuban bridgehead despite much larger enemy forces.
323rd Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Gareth Collins
- Photo: Gareth Collins via Axis Biographical Research
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1997.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
- Kursietis, Andris J., The Wehrmacht at War 1939-1945, Aspekt, The Netherlands, 1999
- Helden der Wehrmacht II, Sammelband (Miscellany), FZ-Verlag GmbH, München, Deutschland, 2003
- Berger, F., Ritterkreuzträger aus Österreich und den k.u.k. Kronländern, Selbstverlag Florian Berger, Wien, Österreich, 2006
- Axis Biographical Research
- Lexikon-der-Wehrmacht.de
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