August Schmidt (Wehrmacht) Explained

August Schmidt
Birth Date:	3 November 1892
Birth Place:	Fürth, Bavaria, German Empire
Death Place:	Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Placeofburial:	Munich Waldfriedhof
Allegiance:
Branch:	Army
Serviceyears:	1911-45
Rank:	Generalleutnant
Commands:	50th Infantry Division 10th Panzergrenadier Division LXXII. Armeekorps
Battles:	World War I----World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Siege of Sevastopol (1941-1942) Battle of Kursk Lower Dnieper Offensive Jassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944)
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

August Schmidt (3 November 1892 – 17 January 1972) was a German general who commanded the 10th Panzergrenadier Division during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Schmidt surrendered to the Red Army in April 1945. Convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union, he was held until 1955.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (14 September 1914) & 1st Class (14 October 1916)^[1]
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (17 September 1939) & 1st Class (1 October 1939)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 27 October 1939 as Oberst and commander of 20th Infantry Regiment^[2]
  • Oak Leaves on 23 January 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 10th Panzergrenadier Division^[3]

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.

• Book: Thomas , Franz . 1998 . Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z . The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2300-9.

Notes and References

1. Thomas 1998, p. 265.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 309.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 66.