Kurt von Briesen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kurt von Briesen

German general

Date of Birth: 03-May-1886

Place of Birth: Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Date of Death: 20-Nov-1941

Profession: military officer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Kurt von Briesen (3 May 1886 in – 20 November 1941) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany.
He was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross.
Briesen led the 30th Infantry Division in the invasion of Poland in 1939.
On 1 Aug 1940, Briesen was promoted to the rank of general.
On 25 November 1940 he was appointed commanding general of the LII Army Corps.
Briesen was killed by Soviet aircraft near Isjum on the Seversky Donets River, southeast of Kharkov, on 20 November 1941.