Erich Buschenhagen

Erich Buschenhagen
Born8 December 1895
Died13 September 1994(1994-09-13) (aged 98)
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service / branchArmy
RankGeneral of the Infantry
Commands15th Infantry Division
LII Army Corps
Battles / warsJassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944)
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Erich Buschenhagen (December 8, 1895 – September 13, 1994) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the LII Corps during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Buschenhagen surrendered to the Soviet forces in August 1944, after the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944) and was held in the Soviet Union as a war criminal until October 1955.