Years of service 1909–45 Service/branch German Army | Name Siegmund von | |
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 Died November 30, 1968, Kiel, Germany | ||
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.
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