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Franz Scheidies

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Franz Scheidies
Born	(1890-12-22)22 December 1890
Died	7 April 1942(1942-04-07) (aged 51)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army
Years of service	1905–42
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	61st Infantry Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Franz Scheidies (22 December 1890 – 7 April 1942) was a general in the WehrmachtofNazi Germany during the Second World War and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Scheidis was killed by a Soviet sniper on 7 April 1942.

Awards[edit]

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (19 September 1939) & 1st Class (3 October 1939)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 5 August 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Festungs-Infanterie-Regiment "C" (Divisions Stab z.b.V. 444)^[2]
- 43rd Oak Leaves on 31 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 22^[2]

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

^ Thomas 1998, p. 250.

^ ^a ^b Scherzer 2007, p. 658.

Bibliography[edit]

Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.

Military offices
Preceded by General of Infantry Siegfried Haenicke	Commander of 61. Infanterie-Division 27 March 1942 – 7 April 1942	Succeeded by Lieutenant General Werner Hühner

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