Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz explained

Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz
Birth Date:11 July 1898
Birth Place:Oschatz
Allegiance: (to 1918)
(to 1933)
Branch:Army (Wehrmacht)
Serviceyears:1917–45
Rank:Generalmajor
Commands:24th Panzer Division
Battles:World War I

World War II

Awards:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz (11 July 1898 – 31 May 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Biography

Gustav Adolf was born into the collateral branch of an old, noble House of Nostitz, as the son of Max von Nostitz-Wallwitz (d. 1911), Oberstleutnant, and his wife, Helene von Minckwitz (d. 1945). [1] He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Nostitz-Wallwitz was wounded in March 1945 in the Heiligenbeil Pocket, he was evacuated to a hospital in Eckernförde and died on 31 May 1945.

Awards and decorations

References

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. Web site: GM Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz 11.07.1898 - 31.05.1945 - Axis History Forum .
  2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 333.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 267.