Gustav Adolf von Nostitz Wallwitz

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Years of service 1917–45 Rank Generalmajor		Service/branch German Army

Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Kiev (1941)Battle of Voronezh (1942)Battle of StalingradDnieper–Carpathian OffensiveFirst Jassy–Kishinev OffensiveBattle of DebrecenEast Prussian OffensiveHeiligenbeil Pocket Name Gustav-Adolf Nostitz-Wallwitz Died 1945, Eckernforde, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France
Commands held 24th Panzer Division

Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz (11 July 1898 – 31 May 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Nostitz-Wallwitz was wounded in March 1945 in the Heiligenbeil Pocket, he was evacuated to a hospital in Eckernförde and died on 31 May 1945.

Awards and decorations

German Cross in Gold on 1 December 1941 as Oberstleutnant in reitendes Artillerie-Regiment 1

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 June 1944 as Oberst and commander of Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 89

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