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Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz

Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz
Born11 July 1898
Oschatz
Died31 May 1945(1945-05-31) (aged 46)
Eckernförde
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
 Weimar Republic (to 1933)
 Nazi Germany
Service / branchArmy (Wehrmacht)
Years of service1917–45
RankGeneralmajor
Commands24th Panzer Division
Battles / warsWorld War I

World War II

AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz (11 July 1898 – 31 May 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Biography

Gustav Adolf was born into the collateral branch of an old, noble House of Nostitz, as the son of Max von Nostitz-Wallwitz (d. 1911), Oberstleutnant, and his wife, Helene von Minckwitz (d. 1945). [1] He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Nostitz-Wallwitz was wounded in March 1945 in the Heiligenbeil Pocket, he was evacuated to a hospital in Eckernförde and died on 31 May 1945.

Awards and decorations

References

Citations

  1. ^ "GM Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz 11.07.1898 - 31.05.1945 - Axis History Forum".
  2. ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 333.
  3. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 267.

Bibliography

  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
  • Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
Military offices
Preceded by Commander of 24. Panzer-Division
1 August 1944 – 25 March 1945 		Succeeded by
Major Rudolf von Knebel-Döberitz
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav-Adolf_von_Nostitz-Wallwitz