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Gerd Schmückle

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Years of service
  
1936–45 1956–80

Unit
  
7th Panzer Division

Rank
  
General officer


Role
  
Journalist

Name
  
Gerd Schmuckle

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Born
  
1 December 1917 Stuttgart, Kingdom of Wurttemberg, German Empire (
1917-12
)

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany (to 1980)

Battles/wars
  
World War II Fall of France Eastern Front

Died
  
May 28, 2013, Munich, Germany

Battles and wars
  
Battle of France, Eastern Front, World War II

Service/branch
  
German Army, West Germany

Gerd Schmückle (1 December 1917 – 28 May 2013) was a German four-star general. Schmückle served in the 7th Panzer Division under Erwin Rommel during the Fall of France. With this division he later fought in the Soviet Union where he was wounded six times. In early 1944, he was promoted to the German General Staff, major and artillery battalion commander. After the surrender of the Wehrmacht in 1945 he operated a farm in Bavaria and worked as a journalist. In 1956, he joined the Bundeswehr where he was promoted to general in 1978.

From 1978 to 1980 he was Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, the first German to hold the post.

Journalistic works

  • Kommiß a. D. Kritische Gänge durch die Kasernen. Seewald, Stuttgart 1971 (2., überarbeitete Auflage. ebenda 1972, ISBN 3-512-00232-3).
  • Ohne Pauken und Trompeten. Erinnerungen an Krieg und Frieden. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-421-06109-2.
  • Das Schwert am seidenen Faden. Krisenmanagement in Europa. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-421-06185-8.

    • References

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