Hans-Ulrich Back

Hans-Ulrich Back
Born	(1896-08-26)26 August 1896
Died	14 February 1976(1976-02-14) (aged 79)
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1914–45
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	16 Panzer Division 178 Panzer Division Panzer Division Tatra
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hans-Ulrich Back (26 August 1896 – 14 February 1976) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who held several divisional commands. 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 5 August 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of I./Schützen-Regiment 2^[1]
Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 31 January 1944

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.
Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939-1945 Band 3, 1. Januar 1944 bis 9. Mai 1945 [The Wehrmacht Reports 1939–1945 Volume 3, 1 January 1944 to 9 May 1945] (in German). München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2.
Nietrug, Gerd (2004). Die Ritterkreuzträger des Saarlandes 1939 - 1945. Zweibrücken: VDM Nickel. ISBN 3-925480-93-5.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalmajor Rudolf Sieckenius	Kommandeur of 16 Panzer Division 1 November 1943 – 14 August 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Dietrich von Müller

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 2nd Panzer Division

Staff	Vollrath Lübbe Rudolf Veiel Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz¹ (Oak Leaves)

Units	Gustav von Vaerst Karl Decker² (Oak Leaves & Swords) Peter Prien? Hans-Günther Stotten³ (Oak Leaves) Wilhelm Weidenbrück⁴ (Oak Leaves) Hans-Ulrich Back Karl Betz Lothar von Bischoffshausen Gerhard Schmidhuber⁵ (Oak Leaves)

¹ Knight's Cross with 20th Panzer Division, Swords with the XXXXVII Panzer Corps ² Oak Leaves with the 5th Panzer Division, Swords with the XXXIX Panzer Corps ³ Oak Leaves with the 15th Panzer Division ⁵ Oak Leaves with the 13th Panzer Division This along with the ? (question mark) indicates doubt about the listing.

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