Monday, January 4, 2021

German Generals as POW of the Americans

 

German POWs gather by the american Military Intelligence Service and engaged in writing the Tactical History of WW II for the Historical Division. Their identification as follows:

1: General der Infanterie Friedrich Köchling (Ritterkreuz on 31 July 1942)
2: General der Artillerie Walther Lucht (Ritterkreuz on 30 January 1943 and Eichenlaub on 9 January 1945)
3: General der Panzertruppe Leo Reichsfreiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg (Ritterkreuz on 9 July 1941)
4: Unknown
5: General der Infanterie Walter Hoernlein (Ritterkreuz on 30 July 1941 and Eichenlaub on 15 March 1943)
6: General der Infanterie Otto-Maximilian Hitzfeld (Ritterkreuz on 30 October 1941, Eichenlaub on 17 January 1942 and Schwerter on 9 May 1945)
7: General der Panzertruppe Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz (Ritterkreuz on 27 May 1942, Eichenlaub on 3 September 1944 and Schwerter on 9 May 1945)


Source :
Photo and ID courtesy of Graveland

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