Georg Pfeiffer

Georg Pfeiffer (5 May 1890 – 28 June 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the VI Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Pfeiffer was killed in a Soviet air attack on 28 June 1944 at Mogilev during Operation Bagration, the Soviet 1944 summer offensive.^[1] Pfeiffer served as a police officer, including as a member of the Weimar Sicherheitspolizei, before the war.^[2]

Dr. Georg Pfeiffer
Born	(1890-05-05)5 May 1890
Died	28 June 1944(1944-06-28) (aged 54) Mogilev, Soviet Union
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Years of service	1908–1920 1935–1944
Rank	General of the Artillery
Commands	94th Infantry Division 306th Infantry Division VI Army Corps
Battles / wars	World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Stalingrad Italian Campaign Battle of Monte Cassino--> Mogilev Offensive  †
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 January 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 94. Infanterie-Division^[3]