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Rolf Wuthmann

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Years of service
  
1912–45

Rank
  
General der Artillerie


Name
  
Rolf Wuthmann

Service/branch
  
German Army


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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Battle of the Caucasus Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Kursk Operation Bagration Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive Polotsk Offensive Kaunas Offensive Gumbinnen Operation East Prussian Offensive Zemland Offensive

Died
  
October 20, 1977, Minden, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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

Commands held
  
295e division d'infanterie, 112th Infantry Division, IX Army Corps

Rolf Wuthmann (26 August 1893 – 20 October 1977) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the IX Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Wuthmann surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the 1945 Soviet Zemland Offensive. 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 22 August 1944 as General der Artillerie and commander of IX. Armeekorps
  • References

    Rolf Wuthmann Wikipedia