Georg Koßmala

Georg Koßmala
Georg Koßmala
Born	22 October 1896
Died	18 March 1945 (aged 48); Oberglogau
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands	32d Infantry Division; 272nd Volksgrenadier-Division
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Georg Koßmala (22 October 1896 – 18 March 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Koßmala was killed on 18 March 1945 in Oberglogau in Upper Silesia.

Awards and decorations

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (6 October 1939) & 1st Class (22 August 1941)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 13 March 1942 as Oberst and commander of Sicherungs-Regiment 3^[2]
- Oak Leaves on 26 March 1944 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 6^[3]

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.
Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Hans Boeckh-Behrens	Commander of 32. Infanterie-Division 13 August 1944 - September 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Hans Boeckh-Behrens
Preceded by ?	Commander of 272. Volksgrenadier-Division 30 September 1944 - 13 December 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Eugen König
Preceded by Generalmajor Rudolf Goltzsch	Commander of 344. Infanterie-Division 16 December 1944 - 28 February 1945	Succeeded by Generalmajor Rolf Scherenberg

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 30th Infantry Division
Staff	Kurt von Briesen Wilhelm Hasse¹ (Oak Leaves) Kurt von Tippelskirch² (Oak Leaves)
Units	Georg Koßmala (Oak Leaves) Peter Körte Heinrich Nickel⁴ (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Borgmann (Oak Leaves) Ernst Sieler⁵ (Oak Leaves)
¹ Oak Leaves with II Army Corps. ² Oak Leaves with 4th Army. ⁴ Oak Leaves with the 342nd Infantry Division. ⁵ Oak Leaves with the 304th Infantry Division.