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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Sponheimer, Otto |
| Date of birth: | December 19th, 1886 (Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)
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| Date of death: |
March 14th, 1961 (Theuern/Bavaria, Germany)
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| Nationality: |
German |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Promotions:
26th May 1909: Leutnant;
?: Oberst der Polizei;
?: Oberst (R.D.A. 1st October 1935);
1st June 1939: Generalmajor;
1st July 1941: Generalleutnant;
1st august 1943: General der Infanterie.
Career:
1st October 1907: entrance Königlich Bayerische Armee;
?: 14.Königlich Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment "Hartmann";
?: Kompanieoffizier 14.Königlich Bayerisches Infanterie-Regiment "Hartmann";
?: Reichsheer;
30th September 1920: discharged Reichsheer;
?: Bayerischen Polizei;
16th March 1935: Heer;
1st October 1937: Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 24, Braunsberg;
1st October 1939: Führerreserve;
1st November 1939- mid April 1942: Kommandeur 21.Infanterie-Division;
end April 1942 - 10th January 1943: Kommandeur 21.Infanterie-Division;
10th January 1943: Führerreserve;
25th May 1943: Mit der Führung beauftragt (stellvertretender)Generalkommando XXVIII.Armeekorps;
1st July 1943: Mit der Führung beauftragt (stellvertretender) Generalkommando X.Armeekorps;
1st August 1943: Kommandierenden General Generalkommando LIV.Armeekorps;
February 1944 - 13th February 1944: Oberbefehlshaber der Armeegruppe Sponheimer;
13th February 1944: Führer Kampfgruppe Sponheimer;
1st June 1944: Führerreserve;
25th July 1944: Kommandierenden General Generalkommando LXVII.Armeekorps;
25th October 1944: Führerreserve.
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DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
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Generalleutnant (Major-general)
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Kommandeur 21.Infanterie-Division
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Awarded on:
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November 29th, 1942
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| Information source(s): |
- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de
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