Otto Drescher

Otto Drescher
Born5 October 1895
Nikl, Austria-Hungary
Died13 August 1944(1944-08-13) (aged 48)
Memel, East Prussia
Military career
AllegianceAustria-Hungary Austria-Hungary
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Branch
Army
Service years
1914–20
1936–44
Rank
Generalleutnant
Commands35th Infantry Division
267th Infantry Division
Conflicts
World War I

World War II

AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Otto Johann Drescher (5 October 1895 – 13 August 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Drescher died on 13 August 1944 in Memel (Klaipėda).

Awards and decorations

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 139.

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.