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Siegmund Freiherr von Schleinitz

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Years of service
  
1909–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Siegmund von


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

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of UmanBattle of Kiev (1941)First Battle of KharkovBattle of Rostov (1942)Battle of the CaucasusDnieper–Carpathian OffensiveEast Pomeranian Offensive

Relations
  
Generalleutnant Joachim Freiherr von Schleinitz (brother)

Died
  
November 30, 1968, Kiel, Germany


Commands held
  

Siegmund Freiherr von Schleinitz (23 July 1890 – 30 November 1968) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Schleinitz surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the Soviet 1945 East Pomeranian Offensive. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.

Awards

  • German Cross in Gold (26 December 1941)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 August 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 9th Infantry Division
  • References

    Siegmund Freiherr von Schleinitz Wikipedia


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