Julius von Bernuth | |
Birth Date: | 12 August 1897 |
Birth Place: | Metz |
Rank: | Generalmajor |
Branch: | Army |
Battles: | World War I World War II |
Awards: | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Julius Hans Camillo Friedrich Leo Ludwig von Bernuth (12 August 1897 – 12 July 1942) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who served during World War II.
He was an early Nazi supporter and was a participant in the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. He was later awarded the Blood Order.
On 12 July 1942, while flying in a Fieseler Storch from Army headquarters to XXXX Army Corps headquarters, his aircraft disappeared. Searchers found his remains in the wreckage of the plane at Sumy, on 14 July 1942. He was buried near Stalingrad.