Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege

Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege (11 November 1889 – 31 December 1965) was a German general during World War II who held several corps level commands. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Ehrenfried-Oskar Boege
Born	11 November 1889 Ostrowo
Died	31 December 1965(1965-12-31) (aged 76) Hildesheim
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Branch	German Army
Years of service	1913–1945
Rank	General der Infanterie
Commands	197th Infantry Division XXXXIII Army Corps 18th Army
Battles / wars	World War I World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Battle of Smolensk (1943) Courland Pocket
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Boege surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 in the Courland Pocket. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (30 September 1914) & 1st Class (6 February 1917)^[1]
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (16 June 1940) &1st Class (16 June 1940)^[1]
• German Cross in Gold on 13 January 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of the 197. Infanterie-Division^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 22 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 7^[3]
  • Oak Leaves on 21 September 1944 as General der Infanterie and commander of XXXXIII. Armee-Korps^[4]