Gustav Hundt

Gustav Hundt (born September 27, 1894 in Pfaffenhofen , † around 1945) was a German officer , most recently lieutenant general in World War II .

Life

After graduating from the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich in 1913 , Hundt served as an officer in World War I , and in 1918 he was promoted to lieutenant. After the end of the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr and worked in various units, e.g. B. as a battery commander in different artillery regiments. In 1937 he reached the rank of major.

Hundt led various regiments in the Wehrmacht during World War II; Heinz Eduard Tödt was in his regiment and reported about him as a "good commander"; and as commander, among other things, the 122nd Infantry Division for four days and also the 304th Infantry Division for a few days in August / September 1944 and before the dissolution . In the meantime he was employed as a colonel from August 1943 to July 1944 as artillery commander 138. From October 1944 to November 1944 and again from February 1945 to April 1945 he was in command of the 1st Skijäger Division . On August 1, 1944, he was promoted to major general and on March 1, 1945 to lieutenant general.

Hundt was reported missing on April 21, 1945 near Troppau and declared dead on June 7, 1950.

Awards (selection)

Iron Cross II. (1914) and I. Class (1917)
Wound badge (1918) in black
Clasp for the Iron Cross II. (1939) and I. Class (1940)
German cross in gold on December 15, 1941
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on April 15, 1945

literature

Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr. (2007a). German Order of Battle. Volume One: 1st - 290th Infantry Divisions in WWII. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. P. 176, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 .
Mitcham, Samuel W., Jr. (2007b). German Order of Battle. Volume Two: 291st - 999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII. PA; United States of America: Stackpole Books. P. 238, ISBN 978-0-8117-3437-0 .

Individual evidence

^ Annual report on the Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Munich 1912/13.
↑ Heinz Eduard Tödt: Daring and Fege: Beginnings of a theological biography: childhood in the republic, youth in the Third Reich, five years on the fronts of the Second World War, five years imprisonment in Soviet Russian camps . LIT Verlag Münster, 2013, ISBN 978-3-643-11345-0 , p. z. B. 185 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
^ French L. MacLean: Quiet Flows the Rhine: German General Officer Casualties in World War II . JJ Fedorowicz, 1996, ISBN 0-921991-32-0 , p. 140 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
↑ 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 .
↑ Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 196 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hundt, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	September 27, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pfaffenhofen
DATE OF DEATH	around 1945

[1] Annual report on the Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Munich 1912/13.

[2] Heinz Eduard Tödt: Daring and Fege: Beginnings of a theological biography: childhood in the republic, youth in the Third Reich, five years on the fronts of the Second World War, five years imprisonment in Soviet Russian camps . LIT Verlag Münster, 2013, ISBN 978-3-643-11345-0 , p. z. B. 185 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[3] French L. MacLean: Quiet Flows the Rhine: German General Officer Casualties in World War II . JJ Fedorowicz, 1996, ISBN 0-921991-32-0 , p. 140 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

[4] 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 .

[5] Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 196 .