Horst Ohrloff

Horst Ohrloff
Born	2 April 1917 Eckersdorf
Died	9 May 1997(1997-05-09) (aged 80) Buxtehude
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	?–1945 1956–1976
Rank	Major (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)
Commands held	3rd Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Horst Ohrloff (2 April 1917 – 9 May 1997) was a German officer (Major) in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a general (Generalmajor) in the Bundeswehr. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 July 1941 as Oberleutnant and chief of the 11./Panzer-Regiment 25^[1]

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.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalmajor Walter Carganico	Commander of 3rd Armoured Division (Bundeswehr) 1 October 1970 – 30 September 1974	Succeeded by Generalmajor Eberhard Burandt

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 7th Panzer Division

Staff	Hans Freiherr von Funck (Oak Leaves) Hasso von Manteuffel¹ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Karl Mauss² (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Erwin Rommel³ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds)

Units	Walter Brandes Eduard Hauser⁴ (Oak Leaves) Horst Ohrloff Karl Rothenburg Adelbert Schulz (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Johann Condné Fritz Bachmann Georg von Bismarck Joachim Dünkler Richard Grünert⁵ (Oak Leaves) Friedrich-Carl von Steinkeller Richard Grünert(Oak Leaves)

¹Diamonds with the 5th Panzer Army. ²Knight's Cross with the 10th Panzer Division, Oak Leaves with the 4th Panzer Division. ³Swords and Diamonds with the Panzer Army Africa. ⁴Oak Leaves with the 13th Panzer Division.

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