Felix Schwalbe

Eugen-Felix Schwalbe
Eugen-Felix Schwalbe
	Schwalbe in 1944
Born	25 March 1892
Died	12 June 1974 (aged 82)
Allegiance	German Empire; Weimar Republic; Nazi Germany
Branch	German Army
Years of service	1912–1945
Rank	General der Infanterie
Commands	344th Infantry Division; 719th Infantry Division; LXVII Army Corps; LXXXVIII Army Corps
Battles / wars	World War I; World War II Invasion of Poland; Battle of France; Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Smolensk (1941); ; Battle of Moscow Operation Overlord; Falaise pocket; Operation Market Garden; Battle of the Scheldt; Operation Blackcock; ;
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Eugen-Felix Schwalbe (25 March 1892 – 12 June 1974) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

German Cross in Silver on 30 October 1943 and in Gold on 7 December 1944^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 13 July 1940 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 461^[2]

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. 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.
Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.