# Albert Buck

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**Albert Buck** (23 January 1895 – 6 September 1942) was a German general during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). He was a recipient of the [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross) of [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany).

Buck was born on 23 January 1895 in [Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart), Wurttemberg, in the German Empire. He served in the Reichswehr after 1913 and fought in World War I, gaining the Iron Cross (1st Class) and the Honour Cross of the World War, and during World War II he fought in the invasions of Denmark, France, and the Soviet Union. He became the Major-General in command of the German 198th Infantry Division during the war in the Soviet Union and served at Uman, Kiev, and Rostov, among other battles. He was killed at Novorossiysk on 6 September 1942 when several grenades exploded near his car.

## Awards and decorations

- [Iron Cross](/source/Iron_Cross) (1939) 2nd Class (17 April 1940) & 1st Class (1 August 1940)
- [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross) on 17 July 1941 as *[Oberst](/source/Oberst)* and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 305[1]
- [German Cross](/source/German_Cross) in Gold on 13 September 1942 as *[Generalmajor](/source/Generalmajor)* and commander of the 198. Infanterie-Division[2]

## References

### Citations

1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 126.

1. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 66.

### 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.
- 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.

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