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Gustav Schmidt (general)

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Years of service
  
1913–43

Service/branch
  
German Army

Role
  
General


Name
  
Gustav Schmidt

Rank
  
Generalleutnant

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Born
  
24 April 1894Carsdorf (
1894-04-24
)

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

Battles/wars
  
World War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of BelgiumBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of MoscowBattles of RzhevBattle of KurskBelgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation

Relations
  
Johannes Mayer (brother in law)

Died
  
August 7, 1943, Belgorod, Russia

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of Belgium

Commands held
  
19th Panzer Division

Gustav Schmidt (24 April 1894  – 7 August 1943) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Schmidt committed suicide on 7 August 1943 to avoid capture by the Red Army in the course of the Soviet Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (15 September 1914) & 1st Class (18 October 1915)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 September 1939) & 1st Class (2 October 1939)
  • German Cross in Gold on 22 April 1942 as Oberst in the 19. Schützen-Brigade
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 4 September 1940 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 742
  • 203rd Oak Leaves on 6 March 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 19. Panzer-Division

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