From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Johannes Bruhn

German general

Summary

German general

Field	Value
name	Johannes Bruhn
birth_date	10 July 1898
death_date
birth_place
death_place	Lübeck--
allegiance	Nazi Germany
West Germany
branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Bundesgrenzschutz
serviceyears
rank	Generalmajor
commands	553th Volksgrenadier Division
battles
awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork	Bundesgrenzschutz

NOTOC{{Infobox military person West Germany Bundesgrenzschutz

World War II

Battle of France
Siege of Leningrad
Battle of the Caucasus
Crimean Offensive (1944)
Battle of Nancy (1944)--

Johannes Bruhn (10 July 1898 – 20 November 1954) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. In 1951 he joined the Bundesgrenzschutz (Federal Border Guards), retiring in 1954.

Awards and decorations

2nd Class
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class--
German Cross in Gold on 17 November 1941 as Oberstleutnant in Artillerie-Regimentsstab z.b.V. 818
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 December 1943 as Oberst and commander of Artilleriekommandeur 149
Commander's Cross of the Federal Cross of Merit 1954

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=Oberst Erich Löhr| after=Generalmajor Gerhard Hüther| title= Commander of 553th Volksgrenadier Division| years=23 September 1944 - 22 November 1944

References

Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 63.
Fellgiebel 2000, p. 125.

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1898-births 1954-deaths people-from-neumünster major-generals-of-the-german-army-(1935–1945) german-army-personnel-of-world-war-i recipients-of-the-clasp-to-the-iron-cross,-2nd-class recipients-of-the-gold-german-cross recipients-of-the-knight's-cross-of-the-iron-cross commanders-crosses-of-the-order-of-merit-of-the-federal-republic-of-germany german-prisoners-of-war-in-world-war-ii-held-by-the-united-kingdom military-personnel-from-the-province-of-schleswig-holstein military-personnel-from-schleswig-holstein

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Johannes Bruhn — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report