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Arthur Kullmer

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Years of service
  
1914–45

Rank
  
General der Infanterie


Name
  
Arthur Kullmer

Service/branch
  
German Army

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany (to 1945)

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Battle of Kursk Operation Bagration Bobruysk Offensive East Prussian Offensive Heiligenbeil Pocket

Died
  
March 28, 1953, Sverdlovskaya Oblast, Russia

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Commands held
  
106th Infantry Division, 296e division d'infanterie, I Army Corps

Arthur Kullmer (17 August 1896 – 28 March 1953) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Kullmer died on 28 March 1953 in Soviet captivity.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (29 August 1916) & 1st Class (8 October 1918)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (26 May 1940) & 1st Class (12 July 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 14 January 1942 as Oberstleutnant in Infanterie-Regiment 331
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 27 October 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 296. Infanterie-Division
  • Oak Leaves on 28 February 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 558. Volksgrenadier-Division

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