Ludwig Müller (general)

Johann Ludwig Müller
Johann Ludwig Müller
Born	28 June 1892; Zeselberg
Died	Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day; Ettlingen
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918); Weimar Republic (to 1933); Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1914–45
Rank	General der Infanterie
Commands held	198. Infanterie-Division; 97. Jäger Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Battle of France; Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Kiev (1941); Battles of Rzhev; Battle of the Caucasus; Lower Dnieper Offensive; Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944);
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Johann Ludwig Müller (28 June 1892 – 28 June 1972) was a General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Ludwig Müller was captured by Soviet troops in August 1944 and was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (10 July 1915)^[1]
- 1st Class (8 April 1918)^[1]
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (21 October 1939)^[1]
- 1st Class (31 May 1940)^[1]
Eastern Front Medal
German Cross in Gold on 28 February 1942 as Oberst im Generalstab in the General Staff of the XXIII. Armeekorps^[2]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 25 October 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 97. Jäger Division^[3]
- 440th Oak Leaves on 6 April 1944 as Generalleutnant and deputy leader of XXIX Armeekorps^[4]

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Preceded by Generalmajor Albert Buck	Commander of 198. Infanterie-Division 27 August 1942 – 5 February 1943	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Hans-Joachim von Horn
Preceded by Generalmajor Friedrich-Wilhelm Otte	Commander of 97. Jäger Division 3 June 1943 – 12 December 1943	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Friedrich-Carl Rabe von Pappenheim

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Thomas 1998, p. 106.
↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 321.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 260.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 69.

[Thomas_p106-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Thomas 1998, p. 106.

[2] Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 321.

[3] Fellgiebel 2000, p. 260.

[4] Fellgiebel 2000, p. 69.

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v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 97th Jäger Division (97th Light Infantry Division)
Stab	Maximilian Fretter-Pico¹ (Oak Leaves) Ludwig Müller² (Oak Leaves) Friedrich-Carl Rabe von Pappenheim Ernst Rupp
Infanterie/Jäger-Regiment 204	Helmut-Wolfgang Buchler Valentin Dietz Simon Freutsmiedl Georg Gebhardt³ (Oak Leaves) Friedrich Höhne (Oak Leaves) Paul Jacob Georg Klein Ewald Mertens Ernst Nobis (Oak Leaves) Josef Rotter Ernst Schnabl
Infanterie/Jäger-Regiment 207	Ludwig Fleischmann Josef Kastner Bruno Kohnz (Oak Leaves) Karl Langesee (Oak Leaves) Josef Leopoldsberger Hermann Linder Eberhard Mergner Friedrich-Wilhelm Otte Karl Philippi Josef Schneider (Oak Leaves) Karl Ziegler
Artillerie-Regiment 81	Willy Apitz Gerhard Hoppe Herbert Horten Hermann Schmidt
Aufklärungs-Abteilung 97	Friedrich Gaeb
Pionier-Bataillon 97	Bernhard Brambrink Hans Pfeiffer
¹Oak Leaves with XXX. Armeekorps. ²Oak Leaves with the XXIX Armeekorps. ³Oak Leaves with Sturm-Regiment 195 (78th Volks-Sturm-Division)

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Johann Ludwig Müller
Born	(1892-06-28)28 June 1892 Zeselberg
Died	Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Ettlingen
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1914–45
Rank	General der Infanterie
Commands held	198. Infanterie-Division 97. Jäger Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) Battles of Rzhev Battle of the Caucasus Lower Dnieper Offensive Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944)
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves