Hermann Recknagel

Infobox Military Person
name=Hermann Recknagel
lived=birth date|1892|7|18|df=y — death date and age|1945|2|27|1892|7|18|df=y
placeofbirth=Strauchmühle Hofgeismar
placeofdeath=near Petrikau at the Vistula


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Heer
serviceyears=1914-1945
rank=General der Infanterie
commands=Infantrie-Regiment 54
111. Infanterie-Division
XXXXII.Armeekorps
unit=
battles=World War I
World War II
*Invasion of Poland
*Operation Barbarossa
awards=Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
laterwork=

Hermann Recknagel (18 July 1892 – 27 February 1945) was a German general during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.

Awards

* Infantry Assault Badge
* Cross of Honor
* Clasp to the (1914) Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (22 September 1939)
** 1st Class (2 October 1939)
* German Cross in Gold (11 February 1943)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
** Knight's Cross (5 August 1940)
** 319. Oak Leaves (6 November 1943)
** 104. Swords (23 October 1944)
* Mentioned three times in the Wehrmachtsbericht (8 June 1940, 19 August 1944, 9 September 1944)

References

*cite web|title=Lexikon der Wehrmacht|work=Hermann Recknagel| url= http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/R/RecknagelH.htm| accessdate=5 March| accessyear=2008
* Berger, Florian, "Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges". Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2006. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.