Carl Püchler

Carl Püchler
Born	(1894-05-13)13 May 1894
Died	5 February 1949(1949-02-05) (aged 54)
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1909–45
Rank	General der Infanterie
Commands held	257. Infanterie-Division XXXIX. Panzer-Korps LXVII. Armeekorps LXXXVI. Armeekorps LXXIV. Armeekorps
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Carl Püchler (13 May 1894 – 5 February 1949) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

German Cross in Gold (7 August 1943)
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 228^[1]

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Karl Gümbel	Commander of 257. Infanterie-Division 1 June 1942 – 5 November 1943	Succeeded by General der Artillerie Anton Reichard Freiherr von Mauchenheim-von Bechtoldsheim
Preceded by General der Artillerie Robert Martinek	Commander of XXXIX.Panzerkorps 13 November 1943 – 18 April 1944	Succeeded by General der Artillerie Robert Martinek
Preceded by General der Infanterie Walther Fischer von Weikersthal	Commander of LXVII. Armeekorps 24 July 1944 – 25 July 1944	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Otto Sponheimer
Preceded by Generalleutnant Friedrich-August Schack	Commander of LXVII. Armeekorps 28 October 1944 – 30 November 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Felix Schwalbe
Preceded by General der Infanterie Hans von Obstfelder	Commander of LXXXVI. Armeekorps 30 November 1944 – 16 December 1944	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Erich Straube
Preceded by General der Infanterie Erich Straube	Commander of LXXIV. Armeekorps 16 December 1944 – 16 April 1945	Succeeded by None

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 101st Jäger Division (101st Light Infantry Division)

Staff	Walter Assmann Erich Marcks¹ (Oak Leaves) Emil Vogel (Oak Leaves)

Regiments	Hans Baindner Karl-Heinz Becker Pius Butz Josef Kult (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Ochs (Oak Leaves) Carl Püchler Johann Schwerdfeger (Oak Leaves) Bernhard Sieber Otto Schury¹ (Oak Leaves)

¹Oak Leaves with the LXXXIV. Armee-Korps. ²Knight's Cross with 5th Mountain Division.

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