Hermann Heinrich Behrend

HermannHeinrich Behrend was a German Generalmajor, serving during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords . The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Behrend was born onAugust 1898 in Perleberg in the Province of Brandenburg, a province of the Kingdom of Prussia. Aged seventeen, he joined the German Army onJune 1915 with the Groherzoglich Mecklenburgisches FsilierRegiment Nr. 90 Kaiser Wilhelm . Where he was assigned to the 4th Company onJune 1915 then transferred to the 3rd Company onJuly 1915 and again moved onAugust 1915, this time to the 7th Company. With this unit he was sent to the Eastern Front of World War I where he arrived onAugust 1915. Behrend fell ill and fromOctober 1915 toOctober 1915 was sent to the Vereinslazarett II of the Red Cross in Landsberg an der Warthe, presentday Gorzw Wielkopolski, Poland. Following his sick leave, Behrend was transferred to the 5th Company of the Reserve Infantry Regiment 90 onOctober 1915, and fromOctober toNovember 1915 to the 3rd Company of the same regiment.

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