__NOTOC__ Helge Arthur Auleb (24 March 1887 – 14 March 1964) was a general in the ''

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the '' Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previo ...

'' of

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during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. He was born in

Gehren Gehren is a town and a former independent municipality in the Ilm-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 7 km southeast of Ilmenau. It officially became a town in its own right ('Stadt') in 1855. However, since July 2018, it ...

. Auleb commanded the 6th Infantry Division as part of VI Army Corps during

Operation Typhoon The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a sector of the Eastern Front during World War II. It took place between September 1941 and January 1942. The Soviet defensive ...

in October 1941. He received the

German Cross The War Order of the German Cross (german: Der Kriegsorden Deutsches Kreuz), normally abbreviated to the German Cross or ''Deutsches Kreuz'', was instituted by Adolf Hitler on 28 September 1941. It was awarded in two divisions: in gold for repe ...

in Gold on 26 December 1941.

Awards

in Gold on 26 December 1941 as ''

Generalleutnant is the Germanic variant of lieutenant general, used in some German speaking countries. Austria Generalleutnant is the second highest general officer rank in the Austrian Armed Forces (''Bundesheer''), roughly equivalent to the NATO rank of ...

'' in the 6th Infantry DivisionPatzwall & Scherzer 2001, p.19. * 1914 Iron Cross 2nd Class & 1st Class * 1939

Clasp to the Iron Cross The Clasp to the Iron Cross (Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz) was a white metal medal clasp displayed on the uniforms of German Wehrmacht personnel who had been awarded the Iron Cross in World War I, and who again qualified for the decoration in World W ...

2nd Class & 1st Class

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* 1887 births 1964 deaths People from Ilm-Kreis People from Schwarzburg-Sondershausen German Army officers of World War II Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht) German Army personnel of World War I Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class 20th-century Freikorps personnel Military personnel from Thuringia {{Germany-mil-bio-stub