Hans-Joachim von Stumpfeld

Hans-Joachim von Stumpfeld (born May 7, 1881 in Weissenfels , † May 26, 1968 in Hamburg ) was a German officer , most recently lieutenant general in the Wehrmacht .

Life

Hans-Joachim von Stumpfeld joined the army in early 1901 and was promoted to lieutenant in the field artillery regiment 24 in 1902 . At the beginning of 1933 he was removed from the Reichsheer as a colonel .

On January 3, 1939, he was appointed commander of Military District X (Hamburg). From September 1939 to February 1940 he was in command of the 225 Artillery Regiment in the 225th Infantry Division . In October 1940, he was now major general , and was in command of the 6th Infantry Division for two days . He then followed Kurt Herzog for almost three years as artillery commander 108 (Arko 108). Among his group were u. a. the headquarters of the 3rd Army , the 403rd Security Division and the 213rd Infantry Division united and fought on the Eastern Front . Von Stumpfeld's group was assigned to Army Group Don . Under his command, the Stumpfeld infantry division named after him fought in Stalingrad from December 1942 to February 1943 . At the end of May 1943 he was retired from the Wehrmacht.

He was married to Anna-Luise von Raven (* 1897) since 1919.

Awards (selection)

Iron Cross I./II. class
Royal House Order of Hohenzollern , Knight's Cross with Swords
German Cross in Gold (February 3, 1943)

Individual evidence

^ Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 43 ( google.de [accessed on April 22, 2019]).
^ David M. Glantz: From the Don to the Dnepr: Soviet Offensive Operations, December 1942 - August 1943 . Routledge, 2014, ISBN 978-1-135-18130-7 , pp. 380 ( google.de [accessed April 20, 2019]).
^ Karl-Ernst Sommerfeldt: Regional history in the mirror of language . Frank & Timme GmbH, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86596-077-1 , p. 158 ( google.de [accessed April 20, 2019]).

personal data
SURNAME	Stumpfeld, Hans-Joachim von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German general
DATE OF BIRTH	May 7, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Weissenfels
DATE OF DEATH	May 26, 1968
Place of death	Hamburg

[1] Samuel W. Mitcham: German Order of Battle: 1st-290th Infantry divisions in World War II . Stackpole Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3416-5 , pp. 43 ( google.de [accessed on April 22, 2019]).

[2] David M. Glantz: From the Don to the Dnepr: Soviet Offensive Operations, December 1942 - August 1943 . Routledge, 2014, ISBN 978-1-135-18130-7 , pp. 380 ( google.de [accessed April 20, 2019]).

[3] Karl-Ernst Sommerfeldt: Regional history in the mirror of language . Frank & Timme GmbH, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86596-077-1 , p. 158 ( google.de [accessed April 20, 2019]).