Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen

General of the Panzer Troop Kuntzen (right) 1944, left General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen (born July 26, 1889 in Magdeburg , † July 10, 1964 in Abbensen (Edemissen) ) was a German officer , most recently a general of the armored forces in World War II .

Career

On November 1, 1934, Kuntzen was appointed colonel and on March 1, 1938, major general. Since November 10, 1938 he was then commander of the 3rd light division with which he took part in the attack on Poland in September 1939 . On April 1, 1940 he became lieutenant general and took part in the French campaign as commander of the 8th Panzer Division in May 1940 .

In February 1941 he became the commanding general of the LVII. Army Corps (motorized) . Promoted to General of the Panzer Force on April 1, he led his corps in Operation Barbarossa in the Association of Panzer Group 3 from June 1941 against the Soviet Union. In mid-November 1941 he had to give up his command briefly for health reasons, took it over again on January 12, 1942, and finally surrendered it at the end of January 1942. From April 1, 1942 he was Commanding General of the Higher Command z. b. V. XXXII. At the end of May 1942 he became the commanding general of the LXXXI. Army Corps appointed to defend the coast in northern France. During the Allied invasion in June 1944, his corps was 15th Army of Army Group B (Field Marshal Rommel ) subordinated and secured the section between Dunkirk and Ostend. In September 1944 he was transferred to the Führerreserve and finally passed on December 31, 1944.

From July 1955 to 1956, Kuntzen was a member of the personnel appraisal committee for the new Bundeswehr . From October 1957 to September 1958 he was federal chairman of the Association of German Soldiers (VdS).

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
Braunschweig War Merit Cross
Austrian Military Merit Cross III. Class with the war decoration
Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on June 3, 1940

literature

Dermot Bradley (Ed.): The Generals of the Army 1921-1945. Volume 7: Knabe – Luz. Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2004, ISBN 3-7648-2902-8 , p. 319 f.
Adolf Kuntzen , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 36/1964 from August 24, 1964, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Web links

Commons : Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1930, p. 124
↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 485.

personal data
SURNAME	Kuntzen, Adolf-Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer, most recently General of the Armored Force in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	July 26, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH	Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH	July 10, 1964
Place of death	Abbensen (Edemissen)

[Rangliste1930-1] Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1930, p. 124

[Scherzer-2] Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 485.