Dietrich von choltitz bio
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Choltitz, von, Dietrich Hugo Hermann
- Date of birth:
- November 9th, 1894 (Wiese-Gräflich/Silesia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- November 5th, 1966 (Baden-Baden/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Promotions:
Fähnrich: 6 March 1914
Offiziers-Stellvertreter: 12 August 1914 RDA 28 September 1914
Oberleutnant: 1 November 1924
Rittmeister: 1 April 1929
Major: 1 August 1935
Oberstleutnant: 1 April 1938
Oberst: 1 April 1941
Generalmajor: 1 September 1942
Generalleutnant: 1 March 1943 RDA 1 February 1943
General der Infanterie: 1 August 1944
Career:
1914: in service Armee;
February 1937 - September 1940: Kommandeur III./Infanterie-Regiment 16;
September 1940 - July 1942: Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 16;
?: 260.Infanterie-Division;
March 1943 - October 1943 Kommandeur 11. Panzer-Division;
October 1943 - March 1944: Kommandeur XXXXVIII. Panzerkorps;
April 1944 - June 1944: Führerreserve des OKH;
August 1st, 1944 - August 25th, 1944: Wehrmachtsbefehlshaber von Groß-Paris;
August 25th, 1944 - April 1947: American POW.
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- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 16, 22. Infanterie-Division
- Awarde
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Dietrich von Choltitz
German general (1894–1966)
"Choltitz" redirects here. For market town in the Czech Republic, see Choltice.
Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz (German pronunciation:[ˈdiːtʁɪçfɔnˈkɔltɪts]; 9 November 1894 – 5 November 1966) was a German general. Sometimes referred to as the Saviour of Paris, he served in the Wehrmacht (armed forces) of Nazi Germany during World War II, as well as serving in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and the Royal Saxon Army during World War I.
Born into an aristocratic Prussian family with a long history of military service, Choltitz joined the army at a young age and saw service on the Western Front during the First World War (1914–1918). He rose to the rank of Leutnant by the end of the war and was active in the interwar period helping Germany rebuild its armed forces. In September 1939, during the invasion of Poland at the beginning of World War II, he was serving in Gerd von Rundstedt's Army Group South. In May 1940, Choltitz participated in the Battle of Rotterdam, making an air landing and seizing some of the city's key bridges.
Choltitz is chiefly remembered for his role as the last commander of Nazi-occupied Paris in 1944, when he allegedly disobeyed Adolf Hitler's orders to destroy the city, and
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General Dietrich von Choltitz
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