Ernst Dehner
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Ernst Dehner (5 March 1889 – 13 September 1970) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. In 1948 he was found guilty of war crimes at the Hostages Trial and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment, but was released in 1951.
Awards and decorations
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 October 1941 as Generalmajor and commander of 106. Infanterie-Division
Citations
Bibliography
- 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 byOberst Kurt von der Chevallerie | Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 87 12 November 1936 – 14 November 1940 | Succeeded byOberst Walter Fries |
| Preceded byNone | Commander of 106. Infanterie-Division 28 November 1940 – 3 May 1942 | Succeeded byGeneralleutnant Alfons Hitter |
| Preceded byGeneral der Infanterie Alfred Böhm-Tettelbach | Commander of LXXXII. Armeekorps 31 October 1942 – 1 April 1943 | Succeeded byGeneral der Pioniere Erwin Jaenecke |
| Preceded byGeneral der Pioniere Erwin Jaenecke | Commander of LXXXII. Armeekorps 1 June 1943 – 10 July 1943 | Succeeded byGeneral der Artillerie Johann Sinnhuber |
| Preceded byNone | Commander of LXIX. Armeekorps 20 January 1944 – 31 March 1944 | Succeeded byGeneral der Gebirgstruppen Julius Ringel |