Georg Pfeiffer

Dr. Georg Pfeiffer
Dr. Georg Pfeiffer
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Born	5 May 1890
Died	28 June 1944 (aged 54); Mogilev, Soviet Union
Allegiance	File:Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire; File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Weimar Republic; File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Nazi Germany
Branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Service years	1908–1920; 1935–1944
Rank	General of the Artillery
Commands	94th Infantry Division; 306th Infantry Division; VI Army Corps;
Conflicts	World War I World War II Invasion of Poland; Battle of France; Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Kiev (1941); Battle of Stalingrad; Italian Campaign; Battle of Monte Cassino-->; Mogilev Offensive †
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Georg Pfeiffer (5 May 1890 – 28 June 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the VI Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Pfeiffer was killed in a Soviet air attack on 28 June 1944 at Mogilev during Operation Bagration, the Soviet 1944 summer offensive.^[1] Pfeiffer served as a police officer, including as a member of the Weimar Sicherheitspolizei, before the war.^[2]

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 January 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 94. Infanterie-Division^[3]

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^ Hans Horst Manitz: Erinnerungsbuch der 94. Infanterie Division an die Kriegsjahre 1939–1945. Lieferung 2: Einsatz in Rußland 1941 bis Anfang 1943. Hans Horst Manitz, Hrsg. Kameradschaft der 94. Inf.Div., 1985, S. 1.
^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 275.

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Military offices

Preceded by

General der Infanterie Helmuth Volkmann

Commander of 94. Infanterie-Division
21 August 1940 – 29 January 1943

Succeeded by

Destroyed at Stalingrad

Preceded by

Reconstituted after Stalingrad

Commander of 94. Infanterie-Division
1 March 1943 – 2 January 1944

Succeeded by

Preceded by

General der Infanterie Hans Jordan

Commander of VI. Armeekorps
20 May 1944 – 28 June 1944

Succeeded by

General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling

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Dr. Georg Pfeiffer
File:Georg Pfeiffer 600 dpi.jpg
Born	(1890-05-05)5 May 1890
Died	28 June 1944(1944-06-28) (aged 54) Mogilev, Soviet Union
Allegiance	File:Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Weimar Republic File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Nazi Germany
Branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Service years	1908–1920 1935–1944
Rank	General of the Artillery
Commands	94th Infantry Division 306th Infantry Division VI Army Corps
Conflicts	World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Stalingrad Italian Campaign Battle of Monte Cassino--> Mogilev Offensive †
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross