Date of birth:

January 9th, 1908 (Rastatt, Germany)

Date of death:

February 2nd, 1943 (North of Stalingrad, Russia)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Rossoshki
Grave: UNK.

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

1937: promoted to Hauptmann
05.10.1937: Kriegsakademie
01.08.1939: General Staff
26.08.1939: O1, 1. Kavallerie-Brigade - Insterburg
05.11.1939-20.11.1939: Ib, 1. Kavallerie-Division
20.04.1940: General Staff
25.06.1940: took a major part in the planning of operation Tannenbaum dedciated to the invasion of Switzerland notably in the setting up of this operation.OKH - Op. Abt. - Hptm. i. G. Otto von Menges, Operationsplan, Teil 1: Der deutsche Angriff gegen die Schweiz, 12.08.1940. However Hitler never gave the go-ahead
1941: promoted to Major i.G.
20.11.1941: Ia, 1. Kavallerie-Division converted in 24. Panzer-Division
31.10.1942: WIA
01.12.1942: promoted to Oberstleutnant i.G. (94)
24.01.1943: listed as MIA
02.02.1943: KIA by a shrappnel or commited suicide
Oberstleutnant i.G. Otto-Wilhelm Kurt von Menges was buried in the ruins of the Tractor Factory in Stalingrad.

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - Oberstleutnant i.G. Otto-Wilhelm Kurt von Menges
  

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