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Friedrich Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach

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Years of service
  
1913–45

Name
  
Friedrich-Jobst von

Service/branch
  
German Army


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

Rank
  
General der Gebirgstruppe

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Battle of Greece Siege of Leningrad Battle of Debrecen Courland Pocket

Died
  
April 3, 1989, Munich, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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

Commands held
  
8th Jager Division, L Army Corps, 16th Army

Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach (16 April 1894 – 3 April 1989) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 16th Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

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

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 March 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 8. Jäger Division
  • References

    Friedrich-Jobst Volckamer von Kirchensittenbach Wikipedia