Rolf Wuthmann

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German general (1893–1977)

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::summary German general (1893–1977) ::

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nameRolf Wuthmann
birth_date26 August 1893
death_date
birth_placeKassel, Province of Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
death_placeMinden, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
allegianceGerman Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
branch
serviceyears1912–1945
rankGeneral der Artillerie
commands295th Infantry Division
112th Infantry Division
IX Army Corps
battles
awardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross
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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.

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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

before=Generalleutnant Karl Gümbel| after=Generalmajor Dr. Otto Korfes| title=Commander of 295. Infanterie-Division| years=2 May 1942 - 16 November 1942 before=Generalmajor Albert Newiger| after=Generalleutnant Theobald Lieb| title=Commander of 112. Infanterie-Division| years=20 June 1943 - 3 September 1943 before=General der Infanterie Heinrich Clößner| after=Generalleutnant Dr. Hermann Hohn| title=Commander of IX. Armeekorps| years=5 December 1943 - 20 April 1945

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