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Allegiance
  
Name
  
Adelbert Schulz

Rank
  
Years of service
  
1935–44

Service/branch
  
Heer


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Born
  
20 December 1903Berlin (
1903-12-20
)

Buried at
  
German War Cemetery at Starokostiantyniv

Commands held
  
1./Panzer-Regiment 25I./Panzer-Regiment 25Panzer-Regiment 257th Panzer Division

Died
  
January 28, 1944, Shepetivka, Ukraine

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, Third Battle of Kharkov, Battle of Kursk, World War II

Adelbert Schulz (20 December 1903 – 28 January 1944) was a German general and division commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was one of only 27 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds of Nazi Germany.

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Schulz was born on 20 December 1903 in Berlin; he began his career in the police. In 1935 Schulz transferred from the Police to the German Army. Schulz's unit took part in the occupations of Austria and the Sudetenland. He participated in the invasion of Belgium, attacks on French and British positions serving under General Erwin Rommel. On the 29 September 1940 he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He was awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knights Cross on 31 December 1941. On 6 August 1943 he received the Swords to his Knight's Cross and was promoted to Colonel. On 9 January 1944, he received Diamonds to his knights Cross, was promoted to Generalmajor and made commander of the 7th Panzer Division. Schulz was wounded in action in the area of Shepetivka on 28 January 1944, and died the same day.

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Awards

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  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (24 May 1940) & 1st Class (24 May 1940)
  • Wound Badge in Black; in Gold
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
  • Knight's Cross on 29 September 1940 as Hauptmann and chief of the 1./Panzer-Regiment 25
  • 47th Oak Leaves on 31 December 1941 as Hauptmann and commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 25
  • 33rd Swords on 6 August 1943 as Oberstleutnant and commander of the Panzer-Regiment 25
  • 9th Diamonds on 14 December 1943 as Oberst and commander of the Panzer-Regiment 25'

  • Adelbert Schulz Third Reich Color Pictures Generalmajor Adelbert Schulz

    References

    Adelbert Schulz Wikipedia