Job Odebrecht, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German General and Knight's Cross recipient
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Place of Birth: Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
About Job Odebrecht
- Job Odebrecht (25 February 1892 – 20 November 1982) was a German general during World War II.
- He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Odebrecht entered the German navy as an officer cadet in 1909 and was commissioned in 1912.
- After serving on flotilla craft and capital ships, he was assigned to East Africa.
- He commanded a company of naval troops there when World War I broke out, and was captured by the Belgians in 1916, when German East Africa fell to the Allies.
- During the inter-war period, he served as a policeman, attaining the rank of major.
- He joined the German air force in 1935, and was promoted to Lt.
- Col at the end of that year.
- His commands included the 1st bn., 11th flak rgt.
- (1936), 71st flak bn.
- (1937), 1st bn., 34th flak rgt.
- (1938), 25th flak rgt.
- (1938), 8th flak rgt.
- (1939), 5th Luftwaffe defense command (1940), 6th Luftwaffe Defense Command (1941), 6th flak division (1942), 21st Luftwaffe Field Division (1942), III Luftwaffe Field Corps (1943), II flak corps (1944–45).
- He was promoted to General der Flakartillerie on December 1, 1942.
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