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Helmut Thumm

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Years of service
  
1914–45

Commands held
  
Jager Regiment 1

Service/branch
  
German Army


Name
  
Helmut Thumm

Rank
  
General der Infanterie

Helmut Thumm General der Infanterie Helmut Thumm 25 August 1895 13 July 1977

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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II

Died
  
July 13, 1977, Welzheim, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, World War II

Helmut Thumm erinnert sich an den Einmarsch 1945 in Rommelsbach


Helmut Thumm (25 August 1895 – 13 July 1977) was a German general during World War II. After pulling Hitler Youth teenagers out of the front lines against orders from above, he was relieved of his command of the LXIV Army Corps on January 20, 1945. Thumm died in 1977 in Welzheim.

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Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (26 August 1915) &1st Class (3 July 1918)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (3 June 1940) & 1st Class (13 June 1940)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 30 June 1941 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Infantry Regiment 56
  • 166th Oak Leaves on 23 December 1942 as Oberst and commander of Jäger Regiment 56

    • References

    Helmut Thumm Wikipedia
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