Date of birth:

June 6th, 1910 (Grabow-Dannenberg/Hannover, Germany)

Date of death:

October 12th, 2001 (Lüchow-Dannenberg/Lowersaxony, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Anton-Detlev von Plato served with the Bundeswehr after the war from 1955 until 31st March 1970 and finally reached the rank of Generalleutnant.

Career:
11th October 1944 - 28th November 1944: Chef des Generalstabs IV. Panzerkorps;
28th November 1944 - 8th May 1945: Chef des Generalstabs Panzerkorps "Feldherrnhalle" (FHH);
1958 - 1960: Deutscher Militärischer Vertreter beim NATO Military Commitee / Brigadegeneral;
1st May 1960- 30th September 1962: Kommandeur Panzertruppenschule in Munster / Brigadegenaral;
1st October 1963 - 30th September 1955: Kommandeur 1.Panzergrenadierdivision in Hannover / Generalmajor;
1st October 1966 - 31st March 1968: Chef des Stabes Heeresgruppe Nord- NORTHAG / Generalmajor;
1st April 1968 - 31st march 1970: Kommandeur des Kommando der Territorialen Verteidigung / Generalleutnant.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

in bronze

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (Lieutenant-colonel to the General Staff)

Unit:

Ia, Stab, 5. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

April 11th, 1944

Name is written in Patzwall / Scherzer as Detlev.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (Lieutenant-colonel to the General Staff)

Unit:

Ia, Stab, 5. Panzer-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

August 19th, 1944

On the 27.06.1944 the Aukfl.Abt. 5 set out from the Ssloboda area (20 km north of Borissow) on its ordered reconnaissance mission. But during a Soviet attack on the evening of the next day it was struck in the rear and split into two parts. One portion of the Abteilung was pushed back to the large dam/bridge near at Ziembin, whilst the other portion was similarly forced back south of Studenka. In response a Kampfgruppe of the Pz.Rgt. 31 under the command of Oberstleutnant von Plato was sent to provide the Abteilung with much needed aid.

Early on the 29.06.1944 the Soviets set out from Studenka. One force moved west, crossed the Beresina river and attacked Ziembin from the south. Another group attacked towards the south in the direction of Borissow. However both attacks were fended off by Plato’s Kampfgruppe, and by the following day the Aufkl.Abt. 5 had been freed from its predicament.

von Plato would later receive the Knight’s Cross for his actions here.

• Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
• Photo 2:
• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Teuber R., Die Bundeswehr 1955- 1995, Vol. 5 of Schriftenreihe Führung und Truppe, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt
  - das-ritterkreuz.de