Holste, Rudolf (Generalleutnant)
- Date of birth:
- April 9th, 1897 (Oldendorf/Hesse-Nassau, Germany)
- Date of death:
- December 4th, 1970 (Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Rudolf Holste was a POW form May 9th, 1945 until 1947.
Career:
?: Artillerie-Regiment 73;
?: 14. Panzergrenadier-Division;
?: Führer 4. Kavallerie-Brigade;
19th April 1945: Kommandeur (m.F.b.) XXXXI.Panzer-Korps.
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Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Führer, 4. Kavallerie-Brigade, Kavallerie-Korps, 2. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte
- Awarded on:
- August 27th, 1944
561st Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Artillerie-Regiment 73, 1. Panzer-Division, XXXXVI. Panzer-Korps, 9. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte
- Awarded on:
- April 6th, 1942
On the 17.02.1942 Oberst Holste was present during an attack of the 1. Panzer-Division, which aimed to encircle enemy forces west of Rzhev. This particular day the Germans attacked towards Mantschalowo in terrain of limited visibility. Though his original task was to oversee the actions of his forward observer, he would intervene in the attack itself when he saw that the German infantry had been halted by the bitter enemy resistance. Oberst Holste helped the flanking thrust of the Panzers to succeed and continued to support them during their drive into the rear of the enemy forces opposite the assaulting German infantry. He would be awarded the Knight’s Cross for his actions here.
958th Award.
958th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kdr, Artillerie-Regiment 73, 1. Panzer-Division
- Awarded on:
- December 24th, 1941
Award 40/8.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 14th, 1939
Had already received the Iron Cross 1st Class on 16th November 1917.
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- November 16th, 1917
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 19th, 1939
Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on 24th July 1915.
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- July 24th, 1915
Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Friedrich-August Kreuz 1.Klasse
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 8th, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Wehrkundearchiv
- Photo: Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1997.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum
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