Years of service 1918–45 Service/branch German Army Name Siegfried Westphal | Other work Author Rank General der Kavallerie | |
Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceNorth African CampaignItalian Campaign Unit Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France, North African Campaign, Italian Campaign, World War II | ||
Siegfried Westphal (18 March 1902 – 2 July 1982) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He served as operations officer under Rommel and chief of staff under Kesselring and Rundstedt. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Westphal surrendered to the American troops in May 1945 and acted as a witness at the Nuremberg Trials. He was released in 1947. He wrote a book The German Army in the West which was published in 1952.
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