Helmut Thumm
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Helmut Thumm | |
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Born | 25 August 1895 Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg, German Empire |
Died | 13 July 1977 Welzheim, West Germany | (aged 81)
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Service/ | Army |
Rank | General der Infanterie |
Commands | LXIV Army Corps |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Helmut Thumm (25 August 1895 – 13 July 1977) was a German general during World War II. Thumm led German forces during the Allied offensive into the Colmar Pocket in January 1945. After pulling Hitler Youth teenagers out of the front lines against orders from above, he was relieved of his command of the LXIV Army Corps on 20 January 1945. Thumm died in 1977 in Welzheim.
Awards
[edit]- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (26 August 1915) &1st Class (3 July 1918)[1]
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (3 June 1940) & 1st Class (13 June 1940)[1]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 30 June 1941 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Infantry Regiment 56[2]
- 166th Oak Leaves on 23 December 1942 as Oberst and commander of Jäger Regiment 56[3]
References
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[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- 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.
- Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.
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- 1895 births
- 1977 deaths
- German Army generals of World War II
- Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht)
- German Army personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- People from the Kingdom of Württemberg
- Reichswehr personnel
- People from Ravensburg
- Military personnel from Baden-Württemberg
- German military personnel stubs