KROH, Hans
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Kroh, Hans Date of birth:  May 13th, 1907 (Heidelberg/Württemberg, Germany) Date of death:  July 18th, 1967 (Braunschweig/Lower Saxony, Germany) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Finally reached the rank of Generalmajor and also served with that rank with the Bundeswehr after the Second World War. Promotions: 6th April 1944: Oberst;       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: May 22nd, 1940         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: May 22nd, 1940         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Major Unit: Kommandeur I. / Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 2 / Flieger-Division 7 / XI.Flieger-Korps Awarded on: August 21st, 1941 Details: 291st Award.         MEDAGLIE AL VALORE MILITARE ARGENTO Awarded on: February 9th, 1942         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: Major Unit: Führer I. / Luftwaffen-Jäger-Brigade 1 Awarded on: December 24th, 1942 Details: Award 2/145.         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: Oberstleutnant Unit: Kommandeur Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 2 / 2.Fallschirm-Jäger-Division / LII.Armee-Korps / 8.Armee / Heeresgruppe Süd Awarded on: April 6th, 1944 Details: 443rd Award.         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB UND SCHWERTERN Rank: Oberst Unit: Führer 2.Fallschirm-Jäger-Division / XVII.Armee-Korps / 6.Armee / Heeresgruppe Südukraine Awarded on: September 12th, 1944 Details: 96th Award.         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002 - Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001 - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X