Gustav Schmidt (general) explained

Gustav Richard Ernst Schmidt
Birth Date:	24 April 1894
Death Place:	Belgorod, Soviet Union
Allegiance:
Branch:	Army
Serviceyears:	1913–43
Rank:	Generalleutnant
Commands:	19th Panzer Division
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Gustav Schmidt (24 April 1894  – 7 August 1943) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Schmidt committed suicide on 7 August 1943 to avoid capture by the Red Army in the course of the Soviet Belgorod-Kharkov Offensive Operation.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (15 September 1914) & 1st Class (18 October 1915)^[1]

• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 September 1939) & 1st Class (2 October 1939)^[1]
• German Cross in Gold on 22 April 1942 as Oberst in the 19. Schützen-Brigade^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 4 September 1940 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 742^[3]
  • 203rd Oak Leaves on 6 March 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 19. Panzer-Division^[4]

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: Patzwall . Klaus D. . Scherzer . Veit . 2001 . Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II . The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 . German . Norderstedt, Germany . Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall . 978-3-931533-45-8.
• 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. 267.
2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 412.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 310.
4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 59.