Christian Usinger

Christian Usinger
Born(1894-08-21)21 August 1894
Died2 April 1949(1949-04-02) (aged 54)
POW camp at Shuya, Soviet Union
Military career
AllegianceGerman Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Branch
German Army
Service years
1914–1945
Rank
Generalleutnant
CommandsI Army Corps
Conflicts
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Christian Usinger (21 August 1894 – 2 April 1949) was a German general during World War II who commanded the I Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Usinger surrendered to the Soviet Forces in 1945 in the Courland Pocket. He died in a POW camp in the Soviet Union in early 1949.

Awards and decorations

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 484.
  2. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 428.

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.
  • Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941–1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.