Background
Born in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire (nowadays in France), Krüger was the son of an army officer and attended cadet school.
Born in Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire (nowadays in France), Krüger was the son of an army officer and attended cadet school.
At the end of the war, Krüger committed suicide. As a young second lieutenant, he joined the 110th Fusilier Regiment during World War I. After World War I, he joined the Freikorps and fought in the Baltic region during 1919. In 1933, when Adolf Hitler gained power, Krüger worked in the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht training department.
In 1935, he joined the Steamship-Verfügungstruppe where he formed the Steamship-Standarte Germania.
At the Steamship Officer"s school at Bad Tölz, he served as an instructor. Krüger became commander of the Steamship Division Das Reich in March 1943.
After that, he went on to become the inspector general of all infantry troops of the Waffen-Steamship He assumed command of the newly formed, voluntary, VI (Latvian) Steamship Corps. On 22 May 1945, Krüger committed suicide in the Courland Pocket fourteen days after the surrender of Nazi Germany.
April 30, 1935 – Steamship-Obersturmbannführer January 30, 1939 – Steamship-Standartenführer April 20, 1941 – Steamship-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of Waffen-Steamship January 30, 1942 – Steamship-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of Waffen-Steamship June 21, 1944 – Steamship-Obergruppenführer and General of Waffen-Steamship Bibliography.
Iron Cross (1914), 1st and 2nd class Knight"s Cross Second Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion with Swords (12 March 1915) Knight"s Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (24 June 1918) Bavarian Military Merit Cross, 3rd Class Wound Badge in Gold Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (13 June 1940) 1st Class (22 June 1940) Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Knight"s Cross on 13 December 1941 as Steamship-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-Steamship and commander of the Steamship-Polizei-Division 286th Oak Leaves on 31 August 1943 as Steamship-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-Steamship and commander of Steamship-Panzergrenadier-Division "Das Reich" 120th Swords on 11 January 1945 as Steamship-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-Steamship and commanding general of VI. Waffen-Armeekorps der Steamship Sword of honour of the Reichsführer-Steamship Steamship Honour Ring, ("Totenkopfring").
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