Pfeifer, Hans-Hellmuth (Generalleutnant)
- Date of birth:
- February 18th, 1894 (Altenburg/Saxe-Altenburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 22nd, 1945 (near Finale/Province of Savona, Italy)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Futa-Pass
Plot: 49. Grave: 177. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
Career:
July 5th, 1940: Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 185;
November 20th, 1942: Führer-Reserve, OKH;
June 15th, 1943 - July 10th, 1943: 5. Divisionsführer-Lehrgang, Berlin;
July 1942: z.V. Heeresgruppe Süd;
July 3rd, 1943 - August 3rd, 1943: m.d.F.b,. 332. Infanterie-Division';
December 1st, 1943 - April 22nd, 1945: Kommandeur 65. Infanterie-Division.
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Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, 65. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- September 5th, 1944
574th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 185, 87. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- November 26th, 1941
The Infanterie-Regiment 185, under the leadership of Oberstleutnant Pfeifer, contributed significantly to the splintering of the Vyazma pocket into two parts. This in turn hastened the disintegration and destruction of the trapped Soviet forces therein. Later on, by linking up with the 7. Panzer-Division, a great deal of much-needed relief was brought to those German Divisions fighting in a heavy defensive battle. Pfeifer would receive the Knight’s Cross for these actions in late 1941.
696th Award
Name is written in Fellgiebel as Hellmuth.
696th Award
Name is written in Fellgiebel as Hellmuth.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 185, 87. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- October 31st, 1942
Award 202/2.
Name is written in Patzwall / Scherzer as Helmuth.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiments 185, 87.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- June 16th, 1940
Had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class on October 5th 1916.
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 5th, 1916
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiments 185, 87.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- June 8th, 1940
Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on October 3rd 1914.
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 3rd, 1914
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, 65. Infanterie-Division, 14. Armee, Heeresgruppe C
- Awarded on:
- June 2nd, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- - 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 Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Axis Biographical Research
- das-ritterkreuz.de
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