Hermann-Heinrich Behrend

Infobox Military Person
name=Hermann-Heinrich Behrend
lived =birth date|1898|8|25|df=y — death date and age|1987|6|19|1898|8|25|df=y
placeofbirth= Perleberg
placeofdeath=Soltau


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire (to 1918)
flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Heer
serviceyears=1915-1945
rank=Generalmajor
commands=I./Infanterie-Regimentt 489
Grenadier-Regiment 154
490th Infanterie-Division
unit=
battles=World War I
World War II
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
laterwork=

Hermann-Heinrich Behrend (25 August 1898 – 19 June 1977) was a German Generalmajor, serving during World War II.

Awards

* Iron Cross (1914)
** 2nd Class (9 June 1917)
** 1st Class (4 November 1918)
* Wound Badge (1914) in Black
* Mecklenburgisches-Verdienstkreuz 2nd Class (2 January 1918)
* Cross of Honor (21 January 1935)
* Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (12 May 1940)
** 1st Class (10 June 1940)
* Eastern Front Medal (29 July 1942)
* Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (20 April 1943)
* Wound Badge (1939) in Gold (2 February 1944)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
** Knight's Cross (15 July 1941)
** 421. Oak Leaves (6 March 1944)
** 148. Swords (26 April 1945)

References

* 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.

External links

* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/BehrendHH.htm Hermann-Heinrich Behrend @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht]
* [http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Infanterie/B/Behrend-Hermann-Heinrich.htm Hermann-Heinrich Behrend @ Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS]