Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen
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Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen | |
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![]() Kuntzen (kneeling) poses with a Panzerschreck in 1944 | |
Born | Magdeburg | 26 July 1889
Died | 10 July 1964 Hannover, Lower Saxony | (aged 74)
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Service/ | Army |
Years of service | 1909–44 |
Rank | ![]() |
Commands held | LXXXI Army-Corps |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
General Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen (26 July 1889 – 10 July 1964) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the LXXXI Army-Corps under Erwin Rommel in Normandy in 1944.
Awards[]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 June 1940 as Generalleutnant and commander of 8. Panzer-Division[1]
References[]
Citations[]
- ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 485.
Bibliography[]
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
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- 1889 births
- 1964 deaths
- Military personnel from Magdeburg
- Generals of Panzer Troops
- German military personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- People from the Province of Saxony
- Reichswehr personnel
- German military personnel stubs