Günther Blumentritt
WWII military officer for Nazi Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Günther Blumentritt (10 February 1892 – 12 October 1967) was an officer in World War I, who became a Staff Officer under the Weimar Republic and went on to serve as a general for Nazi Germany during World War II. He served throughout the war, mostly on the Western Front, and mostly as a Staff Officer, though he was eventually given his own Corps and made a General der Infanterie. Blumentritt was instrumental in planning the 1939 German invasion of Poland and the 1940 invasion of France, he participated in Operation Barbarossa, and afterward bore a large part of the responsibility for planning the defense of the Atlantic Wall and Normandy. After the war, Blumentritt gave an affidavit at the Nuremberg Trials, though he never testified in person, and then later helped in the rearmament of Germany during the Cold War and the development of the modern German army.
Günther Blumentritt | |
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Born | (1892-02-10)10 February 1892 Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire |
Died | 12 October 1967(1967-10-12) (aged 75) Munich, Bavaria, West Germany |
Buried | |
Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) |
Service/ | Prussian Army Reichsheer German Army |
Years of service | 1911–1945 |
Rank | General der Infanterie |
Commands held | XII SS Korps 25. Armee 1. Fallschirmarmee Heeresgruppe Blumentritt |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |