Eberhard Rodt

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FieldValue
nameEberhard Rodt
birth_date
death_date
birth_placeMunich, German Empire
death_placeMunich, West Germany
imageEberhard Rodt.jpg
allegianceNazi Germany
branchArmy (Wehrmacht)
serviceyears
rankGeneralleutnant
commands22nd Panzer Division
15th Panzergrenadier Division
battles
*Operation Varsity--->awards
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World War II

Eberhard Rodt (4 December 1895 – 14 December 1979) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

On 25 August 1941, he took an important role in the German capture of Dnipropetrovsk. Rodt, then a colonel within 13th Panzer Division, seized a Soviet pontoon bridge across the Dnieper river after Red Army forces had destroyed all fortified bridges across the river in the city. Rodt's ad hoc decision allowed German forces to establish a preliminary bridgehead on the east shore of the river, providing cover for the forces of the III Army Corps to begin their crossing.

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  • {{Cite book |last=Fellgiebel |first=Walther-Peer |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |year=2000 |orig-date=1986 |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |trans-title=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 |language=German |location=Friedberg, Germany |publisher=Podzun-Pallas |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
  • {{Cite book |last1=Patzwall |first1=Klaus D. |last2=Scherzer |first2=Veit |year=2001 |title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II |trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 |language=German |location=Norderstedt, Germany |publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall |isbn=978-3-931533-45-8
  • {{Cite book |last=Thomas |first=Franz |year=1998 |title=Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z |trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z |language=German |location=Osnabrück, Germany |publisher=Biblio-Verlag |isbn=978-3-7648-2300-9

before=Generalleutnant Hellmut von der Chevallerie| after=Unit disbanded| title=Commander of 22. Panzer-Division| years=1 November 1942 – 3 March 1943 before=Generalleutnant Willibald Borowietz| after=Generalleutnant Ernst-Günther Baade| title=Commander of 15. Panzergrenadier-Division| years=1 July 1943 – October 1943 before=Generalleutnant Ernst-Günther Baade| after=Generalleutnant Karl-Theodor Simon| title=Commander of 15. Panzergrenadier-Division| years=20 November 1943 – 5 September 1944

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References

  1. Wettstein, Adrian E.. (2012). "Nazi Policy on the Eastern Front, 1941: Total War, Genocide, and Radicalization". University of Rochester Press.
  2. Thomas 1998, p. 216.
  3. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 381.
  4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 293.
  5. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 84.

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