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Heinz Greiner

Field	Value
name	Heinrich Greiner
birth_date
death_date
allegiance	Nazi Germany
branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
serviceyears
rank	Generalleutnant
commands	268th Infantry Division
362nd Infantry Division
battles	World War I
awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

362nd Infantry Division

First Battle of Ypres
Second Battle of Ypres
Second Battle of the Aisne
Battle of Arras

German Revolution of 1918-1919---

World War II

Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Białystok–Minsk
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
Yelnya Offensive
Battle of Moscow
Battle of Smolensk (1943)
Italian Campaign
Operation Diadem
Battle of Monte Cassino
Battle of Garfagnana
Gothic Line Offensive
Operation Grapeshot---

Heinz Greiner (12 August 1895 – 19 November 1977) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Career

During Operation Barbarossa Greiner reached divisional level command. The division was destroyed in the Soviet Operation Bagration in the summer of 1944, along with much of Army Group Centre. Greiner was transferred to Italy where he took command of the 362nd Infantry Division. Losses were so heavy in the division in Italy that a bit of doggerel made the rounds: :The division of Greiner :Gets chopped ever finer :Until roll call's a one liner :That simply says: Greiner.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (4 December 1914) & 1st Class (25 November 1918)
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (4 October 1939) & 1st Class (20 October 1939)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 22 September 1941 as Colonel (Oberst ) and commander of Grenadier Regiment 499.
- 572nd Oak Leaves on 5 September 1944 as Major-General (Generalleutnant) and commander of the 362nd Infantry Division

References

Citations

Bibliography

{{Cite book| title = Brute Force | trans-title = Allied Strategy and Tactics in the Second World War
{{Cite book| title = Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile | 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 | author-link = Walther-Peer Fellgiebel | orig-year = First published 1986
{{Cite book| title = Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K | trans-title = The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K

References

Ellis, John. ''Brute Force'' p.115

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