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Service/branch
  
Heer

Years of service
  
1911-45


Rank
  
Generalleutnant

Name
  
August Schmidt

August Schmidt

Died
  
17 January 1972(1972-01-17) (aged 79) Munich

Buried at
  
Munich Waldfriedhof Plot 426—Row 1—Grave 530

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

August Schmidt (3 November 1892 – 17 January 1972) was a German general who commanded the 10th Panzergrenadier Division during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

August Schmidt Gallery of Dikehaugen 12 Sponhuset Arkitekt August Schmidt 5

Schmidt surrendered to the Red Army in April 1945. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.

August Schmidt Gallery of Dikehaugen 12 Sponhuset Arkitekt August Schmidt 1

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (14 September 1914) & 1st Class (14 October 1916)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (17 September 1939) & 1st Class (1 October 1939)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 27 October 1939 as Oberst and commander of 20th Infantry Regiment
  • Oak Leaves on 23 January 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 10th Panzergrenadier Division

    • References

    August Schmidt Wikipedia
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