Gerhard Berthold Explained

Gerhard Berthold
Birth Date:12 March 1891
Birth Place:Schneeberg
Death Place:Kaluga Oblast, Soviet Union
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Branch:Army
Rank:Generalleutnant (Posthumously)
Commands:31st Infantry Division
XXXXIII Army Corps
Battles:World War I
World War II
Awards:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Gerhard Berthold (12 March 1891 – 14 April 1942) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Berthold was killed on 14 April 1942 in Zaytseva Gora, Russia. He was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant.

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Bibliography

. 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.

Notes and References

  1. Thomas & Wegmann 1987, p. 440.
  2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 111.