Rolf Wuthmann Explained

Rolf Wuthmann
Birth Date:	26 August 1893
Birth Place:	Kassel, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Allegiance:	(to 1918) (to 1933)
Branch:	Prussian Army Imperial German Army Freikorps Reichswehr Heer
Serviceyears:	1912–1945
Rank:	General of the Artillery
Commands:	295 Infantry Division 112 Infantry Division IX Army Corps
Battles:	World War I World War II
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Rolf Fritz Carl Max Willy Wuthmann (26 August 1893 – 20 October 1977) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the IX Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Wuthmann surrendered to the Red Army in the course of the 1945 Soviet Zemland Offensive. Convicted as an alleged war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
- 2nd Class on 27 September 1914
- 1st Class on 24 May 1916
Wound Badge (1918) in Black (for his wound on 22 August 1917)
Baltic Cross on 13 January 1920
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords on 30 October 1934
Wehrmacht Long Service Award, 4th to 1st Class
Hungarian Order of Merit, Commander's Cross on 5 May 1939
- Acceptance approval on 31 July 1939
Anschluss Medal on 12 June 1939
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939), 2nd and 1st Class
Winter Battle in the East 1941–42 Medal
German Cross in Gold on 26 January 1942 as Oberst i. G. and Chief of the General Staff of the 16th Army
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 August 1944 as General der Artillerie and Commanding General of the IX. Army Corps

References

Bibliography

Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 2000 . 1986 . Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile . The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.