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SS Obergruppenfuhrer Walter Kruger - 12/24/2014 4:27:01 PM   
rjs28023


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Status: offline 		This SS General needs to be added to the WITE and WITW database. Do not confuse him with Walter Kruger who commanded the LVIII Panzer Korps in Normandy and the Ardennes, and was a Wehrmacht officer.

I need this SS-Officer to command VI SS Latvian Korps in WITE and the same unit in the East Front Box in WITW.

Thanks,

Randy

Walter Krüger (SS general)
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For other people named Walter Krüger, see Walter Krüger (disambiguation).
Walter Krüger
Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-212-0212A-19, Russland, SS-Brigdeführer und Erich Hoepner.jpg
Krüger (left) with Colonel General Erich Hoepner in October 1941
Born 27 February 1890
Strasbourg
Died 22 May 1945 (aged 55)[a]
Lithuania
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service/branch Waffen-SS
Rank SS-Obergruppenführer Collar Rank.svg Obergruppenführer
Commands held SS-PzGrenDiv "Das Reich"
VI. Waffen Armeekorps der SS
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Walter Krüger (27 February 1890 – 22 May 1945[a]) was an SS-Obergruppenführer (Lieutenant General). He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Contents [hide]
1 Career
2 Rank promotion
3 Awards
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links
Career[edit]
Born in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire (nowadays in France), Krüger was the son of an army officer and attended cadet school. As a young second lieutenant, he joined the 110th Fusilier Regiment during World War I. After World War I, he joined the Freikorps and fought in the Baltic region during 1919.

In 1933, when Adolf Hitler gained power, Krüger worked in the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht training department. In 1935, he joined the SS-Verfügungstruppe where he formed the SS-Standarte Germania. At the SS Officer's school at Bad Tölz, he served as an instructor. He earned the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, after taking command of the SS Polizei Division which fought on the Leningrad front, Krüger himself taking place in the siege of the city itself.

Krüger became commander of the SS Division Das Reich in March 1943. After that, he went on to become the inspector general of all infantry troops of the Waffen-SS. He assumed command of the newly formed, voluntary, VI (Latvian) SS Corps.

On 22 May 1945[a], Krüger committed suicide in the Courland Pocket fourteen days after the surrender of Nazi Germany.

Rank promotion[edit]
April 30, 1935 – SS-Obersturmbannführer
January 30, 1939 – SS-Standartenführer
April 20, 1941 – SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of Waffen-SS
January 30, 1942 – SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of Waffen-SS
June 21, 1944 – SS-Obergruppenführer and General of Waffen-SS
Awards[edit]
Iron Cross (1914), 1st and 2nd class
Knight's Cross Second Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion with Swords (12 March 1915)
Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (24 June 1918)
Bavarian Military Merit Cross, 3rd Class
Wound Badge in Gold
Iron Cross (1939)
2nd Class (13 June 1940)[1]
1st Class (22 June 1940)[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Knight's Cross on 13 December 1941 as SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS and commander of the SS-Polizei-Division[2]
286th Oak Leaves on 31 August 1943 as SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS and commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Das Reich"[2]
120th Swords on 11 January 1945 as SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS and commanding general of the VI. SS-Freiwilligen Armeekorps[2]
Sword of honour of the Reichsführer-SS
SS Honour Ring, ("Totenkopfring")
Notes[edit]
a Date of death is inconclusive. According to Florian Berger date of death is 20 May 1945, Walther-Per Fellgiebel states 8 May 1945 and Veit Scherzer presents the 22 May 1945.

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RE: SS Obergruppenfuhrer Walter Kruger - 12/29/2014 2:26:33 PM   
morvael


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Status: offline 		This guy is in WitE under ID 110.
The other one (Wehrmacht general) is missing. He didn't command any corps on the East Front (only a division) so I don't think he has to be added.

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RE: SS Obergruppenfuhrer Walter Kruger - 12/29/2014 4:12:59 PM   
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quote:

He assumed command of the newly formed, voluntary, VI (Latvian) SS Corps.


Yes, I see he is in WITE under Leader 110. This is the SS-Officer who commanded the VI SS (Latvian) Corps in the Vistula to Berlin Scenario.

I need him in WITW as well as he will be the assigned leader in the East Front Box of the VI SS (Latvian) Corps.

I just checked WITW, and it shows the data for the Obergruppenfuhrer, but the picture is for the Wehrmacht officer who is not in WITW, only his picture.

The Heer Officer assumed command of LVIII Panzer Corps on 10 February 1944. In WITW the Walter Kruger is an SS Officer commanding a non-SS LVIII Panzer Corps.

We need two Walter Kruger's in WITW. One a Wehrmacht officer commanding LVIII Panzer Corps, and the SS-Obergruppenfuhrer commanding the VI SS (Latvian) Corps in the East Front Box.

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RE: SS Obergruppenfuhrer Walter Kruger - 12/29/2014 6:18:13 PM   
GamesaurusRex


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Status: offline 		And now we all have seen the TRUE meaning of the word "Grognard"....


(not to mention Morvael's patience. )

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RE: SS Obergruppenfuhrer Walter Kruger - 12/30/2014 1:32:58 PM   
swkuh

 

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Status: offline 		Thank you, G-rex! Only now I need my dictionary to learn the ordinary meaning of Grognard & its etymology. Something to do with drinking cheap liquers?

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RE: SS Obergruppenfuhrer Walter Kruger - 12/30/2014 2:10:20 PM   
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RE: SS Obergruppenfuhrer Walter Kruger - 12/31/2014 5:43:28 AM   
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GROGNARD = Originally a Napoleonic reference to the members of the "Old Guard" of Napoleon's La Grande Armee. Napoleon referred to them as his "grumblers" because, being experienced veterans, they had exacting ideas about how things should be done in battle and were vocal about it.

In more recent times it has come to be used to refer to "old school" wargamers, especially those wargamers who prefer games in which the minutest elements of the simulation are correct in all respects... thus the similarity to the "grumblers" when the details are not absolutely precise or sufficiently granular to satisfy Grognard sensibilities.

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RE: SS Obergruppenfuhrer Walter Kruger - 12/31/2014 12:10:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Rex - are you implying that if you know what Grognard means that you are one?

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RE: SS Obergruppenfuhrer Walter Kruger - 12/31/2014 1:02:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		Darn, I had a nice write up on both brothers and then the screen froze using this kindle unless I just messed up and touched something on the screen. Check out Mark C Yerger's two volume set on Waffen SS Commanders 1999 and both brothers bio's are on the first pages. Walters picture is on the cover and his section has photos from pages 24-41 most of them in the field and even one with General Hoth. It looks like he killed himself after being captured.


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RE: SS Obergruppenfuhrer Walter Kruger - 1/1/2015 2:47:50 AM   
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ORIGINAL: carlkay58

Rex - are you implying that if you know what Grognard means that you are one?




Absolutely !

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RE: SS Obergruppenfuhrer Walter Kruger - 1/1/2015 1:54:56 PM   
swkuh

 

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Status: offline 		Always amazed by info available here about issues of great import. Seems "Grognard" should be most senior rank for a player posted in this forum.

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