Blumentritt, Günther (General der Infanterie)
- Date of birth:
- February 10th, 1892 (Munich, Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- October 12th, 1967 (Marburg, Hesse, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
20.09.1911: Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier
27.01.1912: Fähnrich - Patent 27.01.1912
19.11.1912: Leutnant - Patent 19.11.1912
22.03.1918: Oberleutnant - Patent 22.03.1918
06.04.1926: Hauptmann - RDA 01.04.1926
06.09.1927: Rittmeister
13.01.1928: Hauptmann
01.09.1933: Major i. G. - RDA 01.09.1933
20.04.1936: Oberstleutnant (mit Wirkung & RDA vom 01.04.1936)
30.09.1938 Oberst i. G. - RDA 01.10.1938
16.01.1942: Generalmajor - RDA 01.11.1941
16.11.1942: Generalleutnant - RDA 01.12.1942
20.04.1944: General der Infanterie - RDA 01.04.1944
Career:
03.01.1915: awarded the Fürstlisches Schwarzburgisches Ehrenkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- September 29th, 1914
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- March 18th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- July 7th, 1918
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 29th, 1934
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
Haborus Emlékérem kardokkal és sisakkal
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1937
Bulgarian Royal WW1 Veteran Medal
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1937
Kriegserinnerungsmedaille
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1938
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst im Generalstab (Colonel to the General Staff)
- Unit:
- Ia, Stab, Heeresgruppe Süd
- Awarded on:
- September 19th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst im Generalstab (Colonel to the General Staff)
- Unit:
- Ia, Stab, Heeresgruppe Süd
- Awarded on:
- September 29th, 1939
Order of St. Sava 2nd Class
- Awarded on:
- October 23rd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst im Generalstab (Colonel to the General Staff)
- Unit:
- Chef des Generalstabes, 4. Armee
- Awarded on:
- January 26th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- Chef des Generalstabes, 4. Armee
- Awarded on:
- August 7th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Infanterie (Lieutenant-General of Infantry)
- Unit:
- Chef des Generalstabes, Heeresgruppe D, Oberbefehlshaber West
- Awarded on:
- September 13th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Infanterie (Lieutenant-General of Infantry)
- Unit:
- Führer, 25. Armee, Heeresgruppe H
- Awarded on:
- February 18th, 1945
741st Award.
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GüNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1997.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Kursietis, Andris J., The Wehrmacht at War 1939-1945, Aspekt, The Netherlands, 1999
- Island Farm / Camp 198
- Axis Biographical Research
- das-ritterkreuz.de
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