{{short description|German general and Knight's Cross recipient}} __NOTOC__{{Infobox military person |name=Albert Stecken |birth_date={{birth date|1915|1|24|df=y}} |death_date={{death date and age|2011|8|24|1915|1|24|df=y}} |birth_place= |death_place= |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}} <br/>{{flag|West Germany}} |branch=Luftwaffe |service_years=1935–45<br/>1956–77 |rank=Major (Wehrmacht)<br/>Generalmajor (Bundeswehr) |commands= |unit=8th Parachute Division |battles=Spanish Civil War<br/>World War II <!--- *Invasion of Poland *Norwegian Campaign *Battles of Narvik *Eastern Front *Western Allied invasion of Germany *Ruhr Pocket ---> |awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |other_work= }}
'''Albert Stecken''' (24 January 1915 – 24 August 2011) was an officer in the Fallschirmjäger of Nazi Germany during World War II and a general in the Bundeswehr of West Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
==Awards and decorations== * Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (14 February 1939)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p292">Thomas & Wegmann 1986, p. 292.</ref> * Medalla de la Campaña (4 May 1939)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p292"/> * Spanish ''Cruz de Guerra'' (4 May 1939)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p292"/> * Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords (6 June 1939)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p292"/> * Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (24 April 1940) & 1st Class (28 June 1940)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p292"/> * Narvik Shield (30 January 1941)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p292"/> * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 April 1945 as ''Major im Generalstab'' and Ia (operations officer) of the 8. Fallschirmjäger-Division<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 331.</ref>
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===Bibliography=== {{Refbegin}} * {{Cite book |last=Fellgiebel |first=Walther-Peer |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |year=2000 |orig-date=1986 |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |trans-title=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 |language=German |location=Friedberg, Germany |publisher=Podzun-Pallas |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6 }} * {{Cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Franz |last2=Wegmann |first2=Günter |year=1986 |title=Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil II: Fallschirmjäger |trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part II: Paratroopers |language=German |location=Osnabrück, Germany |publisher=Biblio-Verlag |isbn=978-3-7648-1461-8 }} {{Refend}}
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