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Horst Ohrloff
Born	2 April 1917
Died	9 May 1997(1997-05-09) (aged 80)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany  West Germany
Service / branch	German Army
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands	3rd Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Horst Ohrloff (2 April 1917 – 9 May 1997) was a German general in the Bundeswehr. During World War II, he served as an officer in the Wehrmacht and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 July 1941 as Oberleutnant and chief of the 11./Panzer-Regiment 25

References

1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 269.

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.

• 1917 births
• 1997 deaths
• Bundeswehr generals
• Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
• Major generals of the German Army
• German Army officers of World War II
• Panzer commanders