Ioan Mihail Racoviță

For the Prince of Moldavia, see Mihai Racoviță.

Ioan Mihail Racoviță (7 March 1889, Bucharest – 28 June 1954, Sighet) was a Romanian Major General during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

He commanded the Romanian Cavalry Corps during the initial phase of Operation Barbarossa in June 1941 and may have commanded the First Army (Romania) from May 1946 to December 1947. (Ro-wiki)

Awards

Order of Michael the Brave
- 3rd Class (17 October 1941)
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (7 July 1944)

Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht (8 June 1944).

References

Citations

Bibliography

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.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 3, 1. Januar 1944 bis 9. Mai 1945 [The Wehrmacht Reports 1939–1945 Volume 3, 1 January 1944 to 9 May 1945] (in German). München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients in the military of allies of Nazi Germany

Ion Antonescu Ugo de Carolis Ugo Cavallero Corneliu Dragalina Ioan Dumitrache Petre Dumitrescu (Oak Leaves) Emilio Esteban Infantes Carlo Fecia di Cossato Italo Gariboldi Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia Ermil Gheorghiu Fedele di Giorgio Enzo Grossi Erik Heinrichs József Heszlényi Miklós Horthy Ioan Hristea Mihály von Ibrányi Gusztáv Jány Emanoil Ionescu Mineichi Koga (Oak Leaves) Radu Korne Géza Lakatos Mihail Lascăr (Oak Leaves) Dezső László Horia Macellariu Augustín Malár Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (Oak Leaves) Gheorghe Manoliu Giulio Martinat Giovanni Messe Béla Miklós Leonard Mociulschi Agustín Muñoz Grandes (Oak Leaves) Ioan Pălăghiţă Ioan Mihail Racoviţă Edgar Rădulescu Gheorghe Răscănescu Zoltán Szügyi Nicolae Tătăranu Corneliu Teodorini (Oak Leaves) Jozef Turanec Isoroku Yamamoto (Oak Leaves & Swords)

in alphabetical order

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