Years of service 1909–45 Service/branch German Army | Name Siegmund von Rank Generalleutnant | |
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
Battle of Uman
Battle of Kiev (1941)
First Battle of Kharkov
Battle of Rostov (1942)
Battle of the Caucasus
Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
East Pomeranian Offensive Relations Generalleutnant Joachim Freiherr von Schleinitz (brother) Died November 30, 1968, Kiel, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross | ||
Commands held 9th Infantry Division | ||
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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