Siegfried Westphal

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Siegfried Westphal
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-B20800, Nordafrika, Rommel und Westphal schieben Auto.jpg
Westphal (background) in a propaganda photo with Erwin Rommel, North Africa 1941
Born18 March 1902
Leipzig
Died2 July 1982(1982-07-02) (aged 80)
Celle
Allegiance Weimar Republic
 Nazi Germany
Service/branchHeer
RankGeneral of the Cavalry
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Siegfried Carl Theodor Westphal (18 March 1902 – 2 July 1982) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He served as operations officer under Rommel and chief of staff under Kesselring and Rundstedt. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Westphal surrendered to the American troops in May 1945 and acted as a witness at the Nuremberg Trials. He was released in 1947. He wrote a book The German Army in the West which was published in 1952. He appears in a number of interview segments of The World at War.

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Citations[]

  1. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 360.

Bibliography[]

  • (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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Military offices
Preceded by
Formed from Oberbefehlshabers Süd 		Chief of the General Staff of Heeresgruppe C
26 November 1943 – 9 September 1944 		Succeeded by
General der Panzertruppe Hans Röttiger
Preceded by
General der Infanterie Günther Blumentritt 		Chief of the General Staff of Oberbefehlshaber West
10 September 1944 – 22 April 1945 		Succeeded by
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