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Albert Buck

German general

Summary

German general

Field	Value
name	Albert Buck
birth_date	23 January 1895
death_date
birth_place	Stuttgart
death_place	Novorossiysk, Soviet Union
allegiance	German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
branch	German Army
serviceyears	1913–1920
1935–1942
rank	Generalmajor
commands	198th Infantry Division
battles
awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

NOTOC Weimar Republic Nazi Germany 1935–1942

World War I

World War II
- Battle of Denmark
- Battle of France
- Operation Barbarossa
- Battle of Uman
- Battle of Kiev (1941)
- Battle of Rostov (1941)
- Second Battle of Kharkov
- Battle of the Caucasus (KIA)

Albert Buck (23 January 1895 – 6 September 1942) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Buck was born on 23 January 1895 in Stuttgart, Wurttemberg, in the German Empire. He served in the Reichswehr after 1913 and fought in World War I, gaining the Iron Cross (1st Class) and the Honour Cross of the World War, and during World War II he fought in the invasions of Denmark, France, and the Soviet Union. He became the Major-General in command of the German 198th Infantry Division during the war in the Soviet Union and served at Uman, Kiev, and Rostov, among other battles. He was killed at Novorossiysk on 6 September 1942 when several grenades exploded near his car.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (17 April 1940) & 1st Class (1 August 1940)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 July 1941 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 305
German Cross in Gold on 13 September 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of the 198. Infanterie-Division

References

Citations

Bibliography

{{Cite book |orig-date=1986 |trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches
{{Cite book |trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2

before=General der Infanterie Otto Röttig| after=General der Infanterie Ludwig Müller| title=Commander of 198. Infanterie-Division| years=10 April 1942 – 6 September 1942

References

Fellgiebel 2000, p. 126.
Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 66.

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