serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1924 -- 45 heer 18 . volks-grenadier-division bad kreuznach 4 april 1970 posen weimar republic -lrb- to 1933 -rrb- nazi germany knight leaves 's cross of the iron cross with oak world war ii 1 may 1905 generalmajor günther hoffmann-schönborn
 günther hoffmann-schönborn
günther hoffmann-schönborn

günther hoffmann-schönborn -lrb- born 1 may 1905 -- 4 april 1970 -rrb- was an officer in the german wehrmacht and recipient of the knight 's cross of the iron cross with oak leaves during world war ii .
he received the knight 's cross for successfully breaching the metaxas line and the oak leaves after a attack and securing the dnjepr bridge near gernostaipol by surprise .
