Bern von Baer

Bern von Baer
Bern von Baer
Born	20 March 1911; Berlin
Died	27 November 1981 (aged 70); Rösrath
Allegiance	Weimar Republic; Nazi Germany; West Germany;
Service/branch	Reichsheer; German Army; German Army
Years of service	1930–45; 1955–68;
Rank	Oberst i.G. (Wehrmacht); Generalmajor (Bundeswehr);
Commands held	III Corps
Battles/wars	World War II Invasion of Poland; Battle of France; Battle of Stalingrad; Allied invasion of Italy; Cherkassy Pocket; Hube's Pocket; Vistula–Oder Offensive; Heiligenbeil Pocket; Battle of Bautzen (1945);
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Bern von Baer (20 March 1911 – 27 November 1981) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II and a general in the Bundeswehr of West Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 September 1939) & 1st Class (29 May 1940)[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 13 January 1944 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (in the General Staff) and Ia (operations officer) of the 16. Panzer-Division[2]
- 761st Oak Leaves on 28 February 1945 as Oberstleutnant im Generalstab and chief of Stab/Fallschirmjäger-Panzer-Korps "Hermann Göring"[2]
Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (20 March 1968)[1]

Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Wegmann, Günter (2004). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil VIIIa: Panzertruppe Band 1: A–E [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part VIIIa: Panzer Force Volume 1: A–E] (in German). Bissendorf, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2322-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Military offices
Preceded by none	Commander of the 1. Luftlande-Division (Bundeswehr) January 1956 – September 1957	Succeeded by Generalmajor Hans Kroh

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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 16th Panzer Division
Staff	Bern von Baer¹ (Oak Leaves) Hans-Valentin Hube² (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds)
Units	Hannibal von Lüttichau Rudolf Sieckenius Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz⁴ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds)
¹ Oak Leaves with theFallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring. ² Swords with the XIV. Panzerkorps, Diamonds with the 1st Panzer Army. ⁴ Swords with the Panzer-Grenadier-Division Großdeutschland, Diamonds with Army Group North.