Cuno, Kurt
- Date of birth:
- August 27th, 1896 (Zweibrücken/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- July 14th, 1961 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Kurt Cuno finally reached the rank of Generalleutnant.
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter: 06.05.1915,
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier: 06.08.1915,
Vizefeldwebel : 08.03.1916,
Fähnrich: 23.04.1916,
Leutnant: 09.10.1917,
Oberleutnant: 01.04.1924,
Hauptmann: 01.02.1929,
Major: 01.06.1935,
Oberstleutnant: 01.02.1938,
Generalmajor: 01.07.1943,
Generalleutnant: 01.08.1944.
04.02.1915: entered the Army
23.04.1916: bayer. Pionier-Bataillon 4
01.10.1937: Kdr, I/ Panzer-Regiment 25
01.01.1940: Kdr, Panzer-Regiment 1
01.03.1941: Abteilung-Chef in OKH
01.10.1940-22.01.1942: Kdr, Panzer-Regiment 39
28.12.1942: Kdr, Schnell Truppen in WehrKreis XIII
15.06.1943-10.07.1943: Kdt, 5. Divisions-Führer-Lehrgang
08.08.1943: 233 Reserve Panzer-Division
20.05.1944: General der Kraftfahrtruppen-Wesens in OKH
01.06.1944-08.05.1945: General der Krftf.Park Truppen in OKH
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1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 1st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 10th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kdr, Panzer-Regiment 39, 17. Panzer-Division
- Awarded on:
- January 14th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Panzer-Regiment 39, 17. Panzer-Division / 2.Panzerarmee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
- Awarded on:
- January 18th, 1942
“Oberst Cuno had the mission of defending against enemy forces that had thrust into the deep flank of the 2. Panzer-Armee via Szuchinitschi. However Gruppe Cuno was ultimately forced to pull back after it became surrounded by the much larger enemy and lost control of the decisively important Sikejewo railway station, located in its rear. Oberst Cuno succeeded in bringing the Gruppe back to Shisdra with minimal losses in men and materiel. Then, on his own initiative, he proceeded to immediately recapture the decisively important Sikejewo railway station. In doing so he laid the groundwork for a future attack against the enemy forces that had penetrated deeply between the 2. and 4. Panzer-Armee.”
Submitted on January 16th, 1942.
Preliminary document and decoration on January 19th, 1942 to Pz.AOK 2.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 18th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 25th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 20th, 1916
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 27th, 1916
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 30th, 1918
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 19th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
IV. Klasse des Militärverdienstordens
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1:
- - FEDERL, CH., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2000.
- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 2004.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Generalleutnant Kurt Cuno
- German Officer Biography - Kurt Cuno
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