Gerd Schmückle

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Gerd Schmückle (born December 1, 1917 in Stuttgart ; † May 28, 2013 in Munich ) was a German officer, most recently in the rank of general .

Life

Schmückle was born as the son of the public prosecutor and writer Georg Schmückle . His older brother Hans-Ulrich was a set designer .

After graduating from the Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium Bad Cannstatt , he joined the Wehrmacht in 1936 and served in the 7th Panzer Division under Erwin Rommel during the French campaign . With this division he then fought in the Soviet Union , where he was wounded five times. In early 1944 he became a general staff officer , major and artillery department commander.

After the surrender of the Wehrmacht in 1945, he ran a farm in the Allgäu and worked as a journalist. In 1956 he joined the Bundeswehr and from 1957 to 1962 was press spokesman for the Federal Ministry of Defense under Franz Josef Strauss . He then worked for four years as a military advisor to the German NATO representative Wilhelm Grewe in Paris and Brussels (1964–1968). He then served for two years as deputy commander of the 12th Panzer Division in Veitshöchheim and was then used for another four years at NATO headquarters in Europe. From January to October 1974 Schmückle was deputy to the commanding general of the 1st Corps in Münster.

With the promotion to lieutenant general came the appointment as director of the international military staff in Brussels. In 1978 he was appointed general and served from January 3, 1978 to April 1, 1980 as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) of NATO .

Schmückle was a member of the German section of the Club of Rome .

He was married to Maria-Benedicta von Minckwitz (* December 6, 1918 - January 22, 2019).

Works

  • Pick a. D. Critical walks through the barracks. Seewald, Stuttgart 1971 (2nd, revised edition. Ibid 1972, ISBN 3-512-00232-3 ).
  • Without kettledrums and trumpets. Memories of war and peace. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-421-06109-2 .
  • The sword by a thread. Crisis Management in Europe. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-421-06185-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Schmückle, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German general
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 2013
Place of death Munich