Arthur Schmidt (officer)
Arthur Schmidt (born October 25, 1895 in Hamburg ; † November 5, 1987 there ) was a German lieutenant general .
Life
Schmidt fought in the First World War as a platoon leader and company commander in the infantry regiment "Prince Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau" (1st Magdeburg) No. 26 . After the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr .
In World War II Schmidt held several staff positions. From October 1940 to March 25, 1942, he was Chief of Staff of the 5th Army Corps of the Wehrmacht . On May 15, 1942, he became Chief of the General Staff of the 6th Army . In this capacity he was appointed major general on June 1, 1942 and took part in the Battle of Stalingrad . In the final stages of the battle he largely took over command of the army. On January 6, 1943, he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross . On January 17th he was promoted to lieutenant general.
Schmidt came on 31 January 1943 together with Field Marshal Paul in the department store "Univermag" in Stalingrad in Soviet captivity , first in the POW camp 5110/48 Woikowo , then in prison Lubyanka . In 1955 he was released from captivity.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. Scherzer Military-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , S. 668th
- ^ Antony Beevor: Stalingrad. Penguin Books, London 1999. ISBN 0-14024-985-0 , p. 422.
- ↑ Marcel Stein: Field Marshal von Manstein, a Portrait: the Janus Head. Helion & Company, Solihull 2006. ISBN 978-1-90603-302-6 , p. 132.
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| SURNAME | Schmidt, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lieutenant General in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th November 1987 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |