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Joachim Coeler

German General and Knight's Cross recipient (1891–1955)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ89059 ↗
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Joachim Coeler (1 June 1891 – 14 May 1955) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the German Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded for bravery, or other meritorious service.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 July 1940 as Generalmajor and commander of 9.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1891, 1955, 1940—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1891-06-01. The account is most persuasive where Joachim, Coeler and German can be independently traced.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q89059. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1891, 1955 and 1940.

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This entry incorporates text from “Joachim Coeler” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.