Otto Schünemann Explained

Otto Schünemann
Birth Date:	6 October 1891
Allegiance:
Branch:	Army (Wehrmacht)
Serviceyears:	1908–20 1936–44
Commands:	337th Infantry Division XXXIX Panzer Corps
Battles:	World War I---- World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battles of Rzhev Operation Büffel Battle of Smolensk (1943) Operation Bagration Minsk Offensive
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Otto Schünemann (6 October 1891 – 29 June 1944) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Schünemann was killed on 29 June 1944 near Mogilev during the Soviet 1944 summer offensive, Operation Bagration by a Soviet air attack on the Belynitschi-Beresino road.^[1]

Awards and decorations

• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (28 May 1940) & 1st Class (18 June 1940)^[2]
• German Cross in Gold on 11 February 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of the 337. Infanterie-Division^[3]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 20 December 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 184^[4]
  • Oak Leaves on 28 November 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 337. Infanterie-Division^[5]

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. Veal . Stephen Ariel . The collapse of the German army in the East in the summer of 1944 (Volume 1) . The Collapse of the German Army in the East in the Summer of 1944 (Volume 1) . 1 . 388 .
2. Thomas 1998, p. 294.
3. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 432.
4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 317.
5. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 65.