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
Biography
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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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 16, 22. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- May 18th, 1940
- Awarded for:
- Operation Fall Gelb
“The Bataillon commander in an Infanterie-Regiment, Oberstleutnant von Choltitz, occupied an important bridge in a bold forward advance and then held it despite heavy flanking artillery fire and enemy counterattacks. He mastered every emerging crisis during the course of the combat and held open the way for the reinforcing Panzer forces on his own initiative.”
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kdr, Infanterie-Regiment 16, 22. Infanterie-Division, 11. Armee, Heeresgruppe Süd
- Awarded on:
- October 3rd, 1941
For his achievement near Berislaw the 26.08.1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kdr, Infanterie-Regiment 16, 22. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- February 8th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 17th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 19th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 14th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Ritterkreuz des Militär-St.-Heinrichs-Orden
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 26th, 1917
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Ordinul Steaua Romaniei Grand Officer
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Schlesisches Bewährungsabzeichen 1. Stufe
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1:
- - 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.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1998.
- General der Infanterie Dietrich von Choltitz - Lexikon der Wehrmacht
- TITLE
- http://www.ritterkreuztraeger.info/rk/c/C022Choltitz.pdf
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