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Knight's Cross High Command to Korps

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Field Commanders who won the Knights Cross: High Command, Army Group, Army, Gruppe, and Korps(Rank and Unit Designation are from award of the Knights Cross) (CCC-Bronze, and CCC-Silver awards are not listed)

High CommandWalther von Brauchitsch Generaloberst Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres (Commander-in-Chief of the Army) on 30 September 1939Franz Halder General der Artillerie Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres on 27 October 1939Alfred Jodl (OAK) Generaloberst Chef des Wehrmachtfhrungsstabes (Chief of Operation Staff) im OKW on 7 May 1945Wilhelm Keitel Generaloberst Chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht on 30 September 1939Army GroupFedor von Bock (PLM) Generaloberst Commander in chief of Heeresgruppe Nord on 30 September 1939Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb Generaloberst Commander-in-chief of Heeresgruppe C on 24 June 1940Gerd von Rundstedt (SW) (OAK) Generaloberst Commander-in-chief of Heeresgruppe Sd on 30 September 1939ArmyJohannes Blaskowitz (SW) (OAK) General der Infanterie Commander in chief of the 8. Armee on 30 September 1939Ernst Busch (OAK) (PLM) General der Infanterie Commander in chief of the 16. Armee on 26 May 1940Friedrich Dollmann (OAK) General der Artillerie Commander in chief of the 7. Armee on 24 June 1940Gnther von Kluge (SW) (OAK) General der Artillerie Commander-in-Chief of the 4. Armee on 30 September 1939Georg von Kchler (OAK) General der Artillerie Commander-in-chief of the 3. Armee on 30 September 1939Wilhelm List Generaloberst Commander-in-chief of the 14. Armee on 30 September 1939 Friedrich Paulus (OAK) General der Panzertruppe Commander-in-chief of the 6. Armee on 26 August 1942Walther von Reichenau General der Artillerie Commander-in-chief of the 10. Armee on 30 September 1939Carl-Heinrich von Stlpnagel General der Infantrie Commander-in-chief of the 17. Armee on 21 August 1941Maximilian Freiherr von Weichs (OAK) General der Kavallerie Commander-in-chief of the 2. Armee on 29 June 1940Erwin von Witzleben Generaloberst Commander-in-chief of the 1. Armee on 24 June 1940Gruppe/DetachmentNikolaus von Falkenhorst General der Infanterie Commander-in-chief of Gruppe XXI (Norway) on 30 April 1940KorpsWalther von Axthelm Luftwaffe Generalmajor Commanding general of the I. Flak-Korps on 4 September 1941Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (DK) SS-Obergruppenfhrer und General der Polizei Commanding general of the Korpsgruppe "von dem Bach" in Warsaw on 30 September 1944Max Bork (DK) Generalleutnant Commanding general of Korps "Borck on 11 May 1945Kuno-Hans von Both (DK) (PLM) General der Infanterie Commanding general of the I. Armeekorps on 9 July 1941Walter Botsch (DK) Generalleutnant Acting leader of the LVIII. Panzerkorps on 9 May 1945Kurt Brennecke General der Infanterie Commanding general of the XXXXIII. Armeekorps on 12 July 1942Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt (OAK) General der Infanterie Commanding general of the II. Armeekorps on 15 July 1941Otto Deloch (OAK) Luftwaffe Generalmajor Commanding general of the II. Flakkorps on 24 June 1940Hans Felber General der Infanterie Commanding general of the XIII. Armeekorps on 17 September 1941Valentin Feurstein General der Gebirgstruppe Commanding general of the LI. Gebirgsarmeekorps on 12 August 1944Otto-Hermann Frster General der Pioniere Commanding general of the VI. Armeekorps on 23 August 1941Johannes Friener (OAK) (DK) General der Infanterie Commanding general of the XXIII. Armeekorps on 23 July 1943Hermann Geyer General der Infanterie Commanding general of the IX. Armeekorps on 25 June 1940Leo Reichsfreiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg General der Panzertruppen Commanding general of the XXIV. Armeekorps (motorized) on 9 July 1941Heinz Guderian (OAK) General der Panzertruppe Commanding general of the XIX. Armeekorps on 27 October 1939Curt Haase General der Artillerie Commanding general of the III. Armeekorps on 8 June 1940Christian Hansen (DK) General der Artillerie Commanding general of the X. Armeekorps on 3 August 1941Erick-Oskar Hansen (DK) General der Kavallerie Commanding general of the LIV. Armeekorps on 4 September 1941Gustav Harteneck (DK) General der Kavallerie Commanding general of the I. Kavallerie-Korps on 21 September 1944Otto Hartmann General der Artillerie Commanding general of the XXX. Armeekorps on 5 August 1940Gotthard Heinrici (SW) (OAK) General der Infanterie Commanding general of the XXXXIII. Armeekorps on 18 September 1941Walter Heitz (OAK) (DK) General der Artillerie Commanding general of the VIII. Armeekorps on 4 September 1940Ernst-Eberhard Hell (OAK) (DK) General der Artillerie Commanding general of the VII. Armeekorps on 1 February 1943Karl Hilpert (OAK) (DK) General der Infanterie Commanding general of the LIV. Armeekorps on 22 August 1943Erich Hoepner General der Kavallerie Commanding general of the XVI. Armeekorps on 27 October 1939Hermann Hoth (SW) (OAK) General der Infanterie Commanding general of the XV. Armeekorps on 27 October 1939Ferdinand Jodl (DK) General der Gebirgstruppe Commanding general of the XIX. Gebirgskorps on 13 January 1945Werner Kienitz General der Infanterie Commanding general of the XVII. Armeekorps on 31 August 1941Ewald von Kleist (SW) (OAK) General der Kavallerie Commanding general of the XXII. Armeekorps (Panzer-Gruppe "Kleist") on 15 May 1940Friedrich Koch General der Infanterie Commanding general of the XXXXIV. Armeekorps on 13 October 1941Rudolf Konrad (DK) General der Gebirgstruppe Commanding general of the XXXXIX. Gebirgskorps on 1 August 1942Joachim von Kortzfleisch General der Infanterie Commanding general of the XI. Armeekorps on 4 September 1940Walter Kuntze General der Pioniere Commanding general of the XXXXII. Armeekorps on 18 October 1941Wolfgang Lange Generalmajor Commander of Korpsabteilung C on 14 May 1944Joachim Lemelsen (OAK) (DK) General der Panzertruppe Commanding general of the XXXXVII. Panzerkorps on 27 July 1941Karl von Le Suire (DK) General der Gebirgstruppe Commanding general of the XXXXIX. Gebirgskorps on 26 November 1944Theo-Helmut Lieb (OAK) Generalleutnant Leader of the XXXXII. Armeekorps on 7 February 1944Eberhard von Mackensen (OAK) General der Kavallerie Commanding general of the III. Armeekorps (motorized) on 27 July 1941Erich von Manstein (SW) (OAK) General der Infanterie Commanding general of the XXXVIII. Armeekorps on 19 July 1940Friedrich Mieth (OAK) (DK) General der Infanterie Commanding general of the IV. Armeekorps on 2 November 1943Vincenz Mller (DK) Generalleutnant Leader of the XXVII. Armeekorps on 7 April 1944Hans von Obstfelder (SW) (OAK) (DK) General der Infanterie Commanding general of the XXIX. Armeekorps on 27 July 1941Job Odebrecht (DK) Luftwaffe General der Flakartillerie Commanding general of the II. Flakkorps (motorized) on 5 September 1944Eugen Ott General der Infanterie Commanding general of the LII. Armeekorps on 25 December 1942Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch (OAK) SS-Obergruppenfhrer Commanding general of the IX. SS-Gebirgskorps on 11 January 1945Hans-Wolfgang Reinhard General der Infanterie Commanding general of the LI. Armeekorps on 22 September 1941Richard Ruoff General der Infanterie Commanding general of the V. Armeekorps on 30 June 1941Alfred Schlemm (DK) Luftwaffe General der Fallschirmtruppe Commanding general of the I. Fallschirmkorps on 11 June 1944Rudolf Schmidt (OAK) Generalleutnant Commanding general of the XXXIX. Panzerkorps on 3 June 1940Eugen Ritter von Schobert General der Infanterie Commanding general of the VII. Armeekorps on 29 June 1940Walther Schroth General der Infanterie Commanding general of the XII. Armeekorps on 9 July 1941Albrecht Schubert (DK) General der Infanterie Commanding general of the XXIII. Armeekorps on 17 September 1941Viktor von Schwedler General der Infanterie Commanding general of the IV. Armeekorps on 29 June 1940Hermann Ritter von Speck Generalleutnant Commanding general of the XVIII. Armeekorps on 17 October 1940Wilhelm Stemmermann (OAK) (DK) General der Artillerie Commanding general of the XI. Armeekorps on 7 February 1944Adolf Strau General der Infanterie Commanding general of the II. Armeekorps on 27 October 1939Georg Stumme General der Kavallerie Commanding general of the XXXX. Armeekorps on 19 July 1940Erwin Vierow General der Infanterie Commanding general of the LV. Armeekorps on 15 November 1941Heinrich von Vietinghoff (OAK) (DK) General der Panzertruppe Commanding general of the XIII. Armeekorps on 24 June 1940Hubert Weise (DK) Luftwaffe General der Flakartillerie Commanding general of the I. Flak-Korps on 24 June 1940Wilhelm Wetzel (DK) General der Infanterie Commanding general of the V. Armeekorps on7 August 1942Gustav Anton von Wietersheim General der Infanterie Commanding general of the XIV. Armeekorps on 20 April 1941Albert Wodrig (DK) General der Artillerie Commanding general of the XXVI. Armeekorps on 19 July 1940Otto Whler (OAK) (DK) General der Infanterie Commanding general of the I. Armeekorps on 14 August 1943Rolf Wuthmann (DK) General der Artillerie Commanding general of the IX. Armeekorps on 22 August 1944