Lothar Rendulic Military person

Lothar Rendulic (23 October 1887 – 17 January 1971) was an army group commander in the German Army during World War II. Rendulic was one of three Austrians who rose to the rank of Generaloberst (senior general) in the Wehrmacht.He was tried at Nuremberg in 1948 and, though acquitted of deliberate scorched earth tactics during the withdrawal through Lapland, was convicted of killing hostages in Yugoslavia and imprisoned. After his release in 1951 he took up writing.

Personal facts

Lothar Rendulic
Birth dateOctober 23, 1887
Birth place
Wiener Neustadt , Austria
Date of deathJanuary 17, 1971
Place of death
Fraham , Austria

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Military person

allegiance
Nazi Germany
First Austrian Republic (to 1938)
Austria-Hungary (to 1918)
award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations
World War II
World War I
military branch
German Army (1935–45)
Austrian Armed Forces
military command
14. Infanterie-Division
Heeresgruppe Süd
XXXV. Armeekorps
2. Panzer-Armee
20. Gebirgs-Armee
52. Infanterie-Division
Heeresgruppe Kurland
Heeresgruppe Nord
Heeresgruppe Ostmark
service start1910
service end1910

Lothar Rendulic on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,932464,00.html