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German general
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
25 August 1895(Ravensburg)
Death:
13 July 1977(Welzheim)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Helmut Thumm (25 August 1895 – 13 July 1977) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. After pulling Hitler Youth teenagers out of the front lines against orders from above, he was relieved of his command of the LXIV. Armeekorps on January 20, 1945. Captured at the end of the war, Thumm spent two and half years in an Allied POW camp. Thumm died in 1977 in Welzheim.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (26 August 1915)
- 1st Class (3 July 1918)
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 1st Class
- Sudetenland Medal
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (3 June 1940)
- 1st Class (13 June 1940)
- Eastern Front Medal
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 30 June 1941 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Infantry Regiment 56
- 166th Oak Leaves on 23 December 1942 as Oberst and commander of Jäger Regiment 56
- Mention in the Wehrmachtbericht (5 July 1941)
- ^ Thomas 1998, p. 379.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 422.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 64.