{{Short description|German general}} __NOTOC__{{Infobox military person |name=Rudolf Peschel |birth_date=21 April 1894 |death_date={{death date and age|1944|6|30|1894|4|21|df=y}} |birth_place= |death_place=Vitebsk, Soviet Union |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|German Empire}} <br>{{flag|Weimar Republic}}<br>{{flag|Nazi Germany}} |branch=Army |service_years=1914–1944 |rank=''Generalleutnant'' |commands=52nd Infantry Division<br>6th Luftwaffe Field Division |unit= |battles=<!--- World War I ---- ---> World War II <!-- *Battle of France *Operation Barbarossa *Battle of Białystok–Minsk *Battle of Smolensk (1941) *Battle of Moscow *Battles of Rzhev *Battle of Smolensk (1943) *Operation Bagration ---> *Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive{{KIA}} |awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |other_work= }}
'''Rudolf Peschel''' (21 April 1894 – 30 June 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Peschel was killed in action on 30 June 1944 during the Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive.
==Awards and decorations== <!--- * Iron Cross (1914) ** 2nd Class ** 1st Class * Wound Badge (1914) ** in Black ** in Silver * Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords * Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 * Iron Cross (1939) ** 2nd Class ** 1st Class * Eastern Front Medal * German Cross in Gold (22 November 1941) ---> * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 January 1944 as ''Generalleutnant'' and commander of 6. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 273.</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 }} {{refend}}
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box |before=Generaloberst Dr. Lothar Rendulic |after=Generalmajor Albert Newiger |title=Commander of 52. Infanterie-Division |years=1 November 1942 – 5 November 1943 }} {{succession box |before=Generalleutnant Rüdiger von Heyking |after=None |title=Commander of 6. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division |years=5 November 1943 – 30 June 1944 }} {{s-end}}
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