Carl-Erik Koehler

Carl-Erik Koehler (3 December 1895 – 8 December 1958) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Carl-Erik Koehler
Born	3 December 1895 Mannheim, German Empire
Died	8 December 1958(1958-12-08) (aged 63) Rheine, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945)
Branch	Imperial German Army Reichswehr Army (Wehrmacht)
Service years	1914–1945
Rank	General of the Cavalry
Commands	306. Infanterie-Division XXXIII. Armeekorps XX. Armeekorps
Conflicts	World War I World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Lower Dnieper Offensive Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive Battle of Halbe
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Koehler was born at Mannheim in the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1895. He entered the Imperial German Army at the start of World War I and served throughout that conflict. At the end of the war, he was a Leutnant and the adjutant of the 11th Uhlan Regiment. He remained in the post-war Reichswehr as a career officer. He was the chief of operations in the 4th Infantry Division between 1935 and 1938, then a staff officer in OKH until 1941. During World War II, he became the chief of staff of the Replacement Army until 1943. He commanded the 306th Infantry Division until April 1944 and the XXXIII Army Corps in occupied Norway until April 1945.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd class
  • 1st class
• Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg
• Knight's Cross, 2nd class, of the Order of the Zähringer Lion
• Wound Badge in black
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• War Merit Cross, 1st and 2nd class with swords
• German Cross in Gold (4 February 1944)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 May 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 306. Infanterie-Division

References

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.
• Webb, James Jack (2024). Generals and Admirals of the Third Reich: For Country or Fuehrer. Vol. 2: H–O. Havertown, PA: Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-952-71517-4.