Background
Born the son of a Prussian officer in Radmannsdorf, West Prussia (present-day Trzebiełuch, Poland), Strecker in 1905 joined the infantry regiment Number.
Born the son of a Prussian officer in Radmannsdorf, West Prussia (present-day Trzebiełuch, Poland), Strecker in 1905 joined the infantry regiment Number.
152 of the German Army at Marienburg in the rank of a Leutnant, promoted to Hauptmann (captain) in World War I. The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Karl Strecker was captured by Soviet troops at Stalingrad in February 1943. He was held in captivity until 1955.
Strecker"s postwar claim that he was promoted to Generaloberst on the last day of the battle is unsubstantiated.
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