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Christian Usinger

WW2 German Army general (1894-1949)

Field	Value
name	Christian Usinger
birth_date
death_date
death_place	POW camp at Shuya, Soviet Union
allegiance	German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
branch	German Army
serviceyears	1914–1945
rank	Generalleutnant
commands	I Army Corps
battles
awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

NOTOC{{Infobox military person Weimar Republic Nazi Germany

World War I
World War II
- Courland Pocket

Christian Usinger (21 August 1894 – 2 April 1949) was a German general during World War II who commanded the I Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Usinger surrendered to the Soviet Forces in 1945 in the Courland Pocket. He died in a POW camp in the Soviet Union in early 1949.

Awards and decorations

German Cross in Gold on 19 September 1942 as Oberst in Arko 110
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 as Generalmajor and leader of the 81. 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
Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941–1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. .

before=General der Infanterie Friedrich Fangohr| after=German Capitulation| title= Commander of I. Armeekorps| years=21 April 1945 - 8 May 1945

References

Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 484.
Fellgiebel 2000, p. 428.

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