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LÜTTWITZ, Freiherr von, Smilo |
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PERSONALIA |
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Name: |
Lüttwitz, Freiherr von, Smilo |
Date of birth: | December 23rd, 1895 (Straßburg/Elsaß, Germany)
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Date of death: |
May 19th, 1975 (Koblenz/Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
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Nationality: |
German |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz became General der Panzertruppen during the war. After the Second World War he served with the Bundeswehr and finally reached the rank of Generalleutnant.
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1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 2ER KLASSE 1914
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Rank:
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Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
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Unit:
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Stabsoffizier IIa XV.Armeekorps / 10. Armee / Heeresgruppe Süd
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Awarded on:
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October 6th, 1939
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Details:
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Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class in 1914.
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1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 1ER KLASSE 1914
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Rank:
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Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
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Unit:
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Kommandeur 1./Schützen-Regiment 12 / 4. Panzer Division / 6. Armee / Heeresgruppe B
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Awarded on:
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May 27th, 1940
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Details:
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Had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class in 1914.
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DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
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Rank:
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Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
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Unit:
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Kommandeur 1. / Schützen-Regiment 12 / 4.Panzer Division / 2.Panzergruppe / Heeresgruppe Mitte
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Awarded on:
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October 27th, 1941
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Details:
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Award 3/7
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EHRENBLATTSPANGE DES HEERES UND WAFFEN-SS
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Rank:
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Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
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Unit:
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Kommandeur 1./Schützen-Regiment 12 / 4. Panzer Division / 2. Panzergruppe / Heeresgruppe Mitte
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Awarded on:
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December 8th, 1941
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Details:
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596th Award
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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Oberst (Colonel)
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Unit:
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Kommandeur Schützen-Regiment 12 / 4. Panzer Division / 2. Panzerarmee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
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Awarded on:
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January 14th, 1942
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Details:
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806th Award
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WEHRMACHTBERICHT
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Rank:
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Generalleutnant (Major-general)
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Unit:
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Kommandeur 26.Panzer-Division
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Awarded on:
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December 9th, 1943
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RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
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Rank:
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Generalleutnant (Major-general)
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Unit:
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Kommandeur 26.Panzer-Division / LXXVI.Panzer-Korps / 10.Armee / Heeresgruppe C
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Awarded on:
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March 16th, 1944
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Details:
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426th Award.
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Provide alterations or additional information |
Picture source: |
- Willi Schumacher Collection |
Information source(s): |
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Berger, F., Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern – Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges, Selbstverlag Florian Berger, Wien, Österreich, 2002/03
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
- Federl, C., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, Germany, 2000
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
- Axis Biographical Research
- Lexicon der Wehrmacht
- Ritterkreuztraeger 1939 - 1945
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