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German Commanders 1939-1945 Illustrated

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German Commanders 1939-1945 Illustrated

German Commanders 1939-1945 Illustrated by Castle Rock Publishing
English | 4 Jun. 2015 | ASIN: B00YY1U44I | 254 Pages | EPUB/MOBI/PDF (conv) | 6.99 MB

General der Infanterie Joachim Otto August Achatius Kortzfleisch. Dates: 3. January 1890 in Braunschweig; † 20. April 1945 bei Wulwesort, Sauerland. From Kortzfleisch participated as an officer in the First World War. It was after the war in which - taken Reichswehr and there promoted on 1 January 1928. Major - due to the Treaty of Versailles greatly reduced. From 1933 employed as commander of Opole, he took over in 1935 as colonel in command of the Infantry Regiment 3 in German-Eylau. After his promotion to major general in 1937, he was employed for a few months as Landwehr commander in Olsztyn before in February 1938 in the wake of the Blomberg-Fritsch affair appointed commander of the 1st Infantry Division ascent. These he led in the fall of 1939 during the Polish campaign, where she was used as part of the 3rd Army.
In April 1940 he received, meanwhile promoted to lieutenant general, the command of the XI. Army Corps. For his leadership of the Corps in the western campaign, he received in August was promoted to general of infantry and in September the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. In 1941 he was employed with his corps in the Balkan campaign and in the Russian campaign in the area of Army Group South. After the summer of 1942 temporarily with the leadership of XXXXIII. Army Corps was instructed to put him up in early 1943 in the leader Reserve.