Kurt von Briesen
Kurt von Briesen (3 May 1886 – 20 November 1941) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. Briesen led the 30th Infantry Division in the invasion of Poland in 1939. On 1 August 1940, Briesen was promoted to the rank of general. On 25 November 1940 he was appointed commanding general of the LII Army Corps. Briesen was killed by Soviet aircraft near Isjum on the Seversky Donets River, southeast of Kharkov, on 20 November 1941.
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Nazi Germany
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Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross
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LII Army Corps
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Kurt von Briesen
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3 May 1886
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1941-11-20T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
20 November 1941
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25 November 1940
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20 November 1941
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