Helmuth Schlömer Military person

Helmuth Schlömer (20 May 1893 – 18 August 1995) was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the XIV. Panzerkorps. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Helmuth Schlömer was captured at Stalingrad in 1943. While in Soviet captivity he joined the National Committee for a Free Germany or NKFD and was released in 1949.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 20, 1893
Birth place
Germany , Minden
Date of deathAugust 18, 1995
Place of death
Germany , Minden-Lübbecke

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allegiance
Nazi Germany
German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations
Battle of Stalingrad
Operation Barbarossa
Invasion of Poland
Battle of the Caucasus
Battle of Białystok–Minsk
World War II
Battle of Dunkirk
Battle of France
World War I
Battle of Moscow
Battle of Brześć Litewski
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
military branch
German Army (1935–45)
military command
XIV. Panzerkorps
3. Infanterie-Division (mot.)
service start1913
service end1945

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External resources

  1. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/S/SchloemerH.htm