Dehner, Ernst
- Date of birth:
- March 5th, 1889 (Hersbruck/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- September 13th, 1970 (Wiesbaden/Hesse, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Ernst Dehner finally reached the rank of General der Infanterie.
Promotions:
December 1st, 1942: General der Infanterie (RDA -7-).
Career:
July 15th, 1943: Kommandierender General LXIX. Armeekorps;
April 1st, 1944: Führerreserve OKH.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 12th, 1914
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- April 8th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- November 6th, 1918
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 25th, 1934
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 14th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 1st, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 8th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, 106. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- October 18th, 1941
“In the time from the middle of August to the start of September the 106. Division repelled numerous overwhelming Russian attacks that were supported by abundant amounts of armour. On one occasion within this period Generalmajor Dehner managed to make it to the command post of a particularly threatened Regiment as the enemy’s strong artillery fire began, and from here he would oversee the various countermeasures against the attacks. He personally dispatched Flak and heavy Panzerjäger against the enemy tanks that made it to the vicinity of his command post, sealed off the existing frontline gap through the counterattack of a Bataillon and in doing so prevented a further Russian breakthrough.
On the 13.10.1941 the commanding general received words of recognition and the highest praise for his tireless actions and the superb efforts of his Division during the fighting for the positions at the Wotrja and Wopj rivers as well as in the thrust through the Dnieper and Vyazma positions.”
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 3rd, 1942
Red Krune Kralja Zvonimira Grand Cross with Star
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Infanterie (Lieutenant-General of Infantry)
- Unit:
- Kommandierender General, LXIX. Armeekorps, Heer
- Awarded on:
- March 27th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1998.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
- Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum
- Kriegsrangliste Generalkommando LXIX A.K. z.b.V. (stand 30.06.1944)
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