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Also known as Ernst Wilhelm Bernhard Busch, Busch, Ernst Wilhelm Bernhard, E. Busch

German field marshal (1885-1945)

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Ernst Wilhelm Bernhard Busch was a German military officer who served as a general field marshal in the army. Born in Essen in 1885, he began his work period in 1904 and served under the allegiance of Nazi Germany. He participated in World War I and World War II, including the Battle of St. Quentin and the First Battle of Ypres. During his career, he commanded Army Group Centre and the 16th Army.

Busch received several awards, including the Pour le Mérite, House Order of Hohenzollern, Clasp to the Iron Cross, and Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918. He died in Aldershot on July 17, 1945, from cardiovascular disease.

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Works
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Type
Person
Country
DE
Active from
1900-01-22
Active to
1980-06-08

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Listeners
18,171
Total plays
292,652

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Ernst Busch (22 January 1900 - 8 June 1980) was a singer and actor. He was born in Kiel, Germany, and died in Berlin. Busch first rose to prominence as an interpreter of political songs, particularly those of Kurt Tucholsky, in the Berlin cabaret scene of the 1920s. He starred in the original 1928 production of Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera, as well as the subsequent 1931 film by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. A lifelong Communist, Busch fled Nazi Germany in 1933 with the Gestapo on his heels, eventua

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Key facts

Born
Ernst Bernhard Wilhelm Busch , ( 1885-07-06 ) 6 July 1885, Essen , Prussia , Germany
Died
17 July 1945 (1945-07-17) (aged 60), Camp Aldershot, United Kingdom
Buried
Cannock Chase German war cemetery
Allegiance
Germany
Branch
German Army
Service years
1904–1945
Rank
Generalfeldmarschall
Commands
VIII Army Corps , 16th Army , Army Group Centre
Conflicts
World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Operation Bagration
Awards
Pour le Mérite , Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Spouses
∞ 15 August 1917 widow Elise Hildegard Katharina Hüger, née Kaiser (1883–1963)
Children
2 stepdaughters, Annegret Else Kitty Hüger and Ingeborg Maria Helene Hüger (1909–1990), wife of General Arthur Hauffe (4 children)

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Encyclopedic overview

Ernst Bernhard Wilhelm Busch (6 July 1885 – 17 July 1945) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) during World War II who commanded the 16th Army (as a Generaloberst) and Army Group Centre.

During World War I, Busch served as an infantry officer and was retained in the postwar army of the Weimar Republic. He steadily rose in seniority and by 1936 was a general and commander of the 23rd Infantry Division. During the invasion of Poland, he commanded VIII Army Corps. In 1940, he was appointed commander of the 16th Army; he led it during the 1940 Battle of France and Operation Barbarossa, the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union.

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