Schmidt, Arthur (Generalleutnant)
- Date of birth:
- October 25th, 1895 (Hamburg - Germany)
- Date of death:
- November 5th, 1987 (Karlsruhe - Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
1st November 1914: Fahnenjunker;
24th December 1914: Fähnrich;
8th May 1915: Leutnant;
1st November 1923: Oberleutnant;
1st July 1928: Hauptmann;
1st November 1934: Major;
1st August 1937: Oberstleutnant;
1st February 1940: Oberst;
1st June 1942: Generalmajor;
17th January 1943: Generalleutnant.
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- Chef, Generalstab, 6. Armee
- Awarded on:
- January 6th, 1943
“Generalmajor Schmidt, chief of staff of an Armee between the Volga and Don rivers, has repeatedly mastered critical situations through his personal bravery while representing the Armee’s supreme commander.”
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst im Generalstab (Colonel to the General Staff)
- Unit:
- Ia, V. Armeekorps
- Awarded on:
- January 26th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- February 19th, 1918
published the 19.02.1918 in the Militär-Wochenblatt
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- August 1939
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
Red Zeljeni Trolist Second Class Cross with Oak Wreath
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1943
Sources
- Photo: Willi Schumacher Collection
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 14)
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