Georg Gustav Pfeiffer (5 May 1890 – 28 June 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the VI Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Pfeiffer was killed in a Soviet air attack on 28 June 1944 at Mogilev during Operation Bagration, the Soviet 1944 summer offensive.
Pfeiffer had served as a police officer, including as a member of the Weimar Sicherheitspolizei, from 1920 to 1935.Hans Horst Manitz: Erinnerungsbuch der 94. Infanterie Division an die Kriegsjahre 1939–1945. Lieferung 2: Einsatz in Rußland 1941 bis Anfang 1943. Hans Horst Manitz, Hrsg. Kameradschaft der 94. Inf.Div., 1985, S. 1.
Promotions Army April 1909 Fahnenjunker (Officer Candidate) 1909 Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (Officer Candidate with Corporal/NCO/Junior Sergeant rank) 19 November 1909 Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)Militär-Wochenblatt, Volume 2, July to December 1909, p. 3363 22 August 1910 Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) with Patent from 22 August 1908 25 February 1915 Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) 27 January 1918 Hauptmann (Captain)
Police 3 January 1920 Polizei-Hauptmann (Captain of the Police) 1 April 1924 Polizei-Major (Major of the Police) 1934 Polizei-Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel of the Police)
Wehrmacht 1 October 1935 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) with Rank Seniority (RDA) from 1 June 1934 1 August 1936 Oberst (Colonel) 1 June 1940 Generalmajor (Major General) 1 June 1942 Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General) 1 May 1944 General der Artillerie (General of the Artillery)
Awards and decorations Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th to 1st Class on 2 October 1936 Repetition Clasp 1939 to the Iron Cross 1914, 2nd and 1st Class 2nd Class in October 1939 1st Class in July 1940 German Cross in Gold on 17 January 1942 Winter Battle in the East 1941–42 Medal on 2 August 1942 Referenced by name in the Wehrmachtbericht on 3 July 1944 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 January 1943 as Generalleutnant and Commander of the 94. Infanterie-Division
Sources German Federal Archives: BArch PERS 6/22647 and PERS 6/300343
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