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{{Infobox military person
|name=Karl-Albrecht von Groddeck
|birth_date=18 February 1894
|death_date={{death date and age|1944|1|10|1894|2|18|df=y}}
|birth_place=
|death_place=[[Wrocław|Breslau]], [[Silesia]]
|image=
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance={{flag|German Empire}}<br>{{flag|Weimar Republic}}<br>{{flag|Nazi Germany}}
|branch=[[German Army (Wehrmacht)|Army]]
|serviceyears=<!--- 1912–44 --->
|rank= [[Generalleutnant]] (Posthumously)
|commands=[[161st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|161. Infanterie-Division]]
|unit=
|battles=[[World War I]]<br/>[[World War II]]
*[[Battle of France]]
*[[Operation Barbarossa]]
*[[Battle of Uman]]
*[[Battle of Rostov (1941)]]
*[[Battle of the Kerch Peninsula]]
*[[Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation]]{{KIA}}
|awards=[[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]]
|laterwork=}}
'''Karl-Albrecht von Groddeck''' (18 February 1894 – 10 January 1944) was a German general in the [[Wehrmacht]] during [[World War II]] who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] of [[Nazi Germany]].  He died from wounds on 10 January 1944 in a [[Wrocław|Breslau]] hospital and was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant.
==Awards and decorations==
<!--- * [[Iron Cross]] (1914)
** 2nd Class
** 1st Class
* [[House Order of Hohenzollern|Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords]]<ref name=abr />
* Knight 2nd class of the [[Friedrich Order]] with Swords (Wurttenburg)<ref name=abr />
* [[Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918]]<ref name=abr />
* [[Iron Cross]] (1939)
** 2nd Class<ref name=abr />
** 1st Class<ref name=abr />
* [[Crimea Shield]]<ref name=abr />
* [[Wehrmacht Long Service Award]], 4th to 1st class<ref name=abr />
* [[Order of Michael the Brave]] 3rd Class (15 February 1943)<ref name=abr />---->
* [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] on 8 September 1941 as ''[[Oberst]]'' and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 120 (mot.) <ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 169.</ref>
==References==
===Citations===
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===Bibliography===
{{Refbegin}}
* {{Cite book
|last=Fellgiebel
|first=Walther-Peer
|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
|year=2000
|origyear=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}}
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before=Generalmajor [[Otto Schell]]|
after=Generalleutnant [[Paul Drekmann]]|
title= Commander of [[161st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|161. Infanterie-Division]]|
years=22 August 1943 – 28 August 1943
}}
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