Edgar Feuchtinger was a German

Germany

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 General (Generalleutnant) during the Second World War.

Biography

Born in Metz

Metz

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 (Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen), Feuchtinger joined a cadet school in Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe

The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...

 in 1907. During the First World War, he fought as lieutenant in Russia and France. While there, he participated in the Battle of Verdun

Battle of Verdun

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, the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of the Aisne

Battle of the Aisne

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. After the war, he continued to serve with the Reichswehr

Reichswehr

The Reichswehr formed the military organisation of Germany from 1919 until 1935, when it was renamed the Wehrmacht ....

 in a variety of staff roles and was promoted to Major, on November 1935. Now serving with the Wehrmacht

Wehrmacht

The Wehrmacht – from , to defend and , the might/power) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe .-Origin and use of the term:...

, Feuchtinger was promoted to Lieutenant colonel (Oberstleutnant), and by 1939 had risen to the role of Commander of the 227th Artillery-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-16 Aug 1942).

Feuchtinger was appointed Commander of Fast Division West on April 1943 and Commander of the 21st Panzer-Division on August 1943. With the 21st Panzer-Division, Feuchtinger participated in the Battle of Normandy

Battle of Normandy

The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion and establishment of Allied forces in Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord in World War II. It was the largest amphibious operation in history...

, after the Operation Overlord

Operation Overlord

Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II by Allied forces. The operation commenced on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings...

. The 21st Panzer Division was deployed near Caen

Caen

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, as a mobile striking force as part of the Army Group B

Army Group B

Army Group B was the name of three different German Army Groups that saw action during World War II.-Battle for France:The first was involved in the Western Campaign in 1940 in Belgium and the Netherlands which was to be aimed to conquer the Maas bridges after the German airborne actions in Rotterdam...

 reserve. Arrested and imprisoned in Torgau

Torgau

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 in January 1945, Feuchtinger was condemned to death by a German military court and demoted to Kanonier. Pardoned, Edgar Feuchtinger was detached to the 20th Panzer-Grenadier-Division, as Kanonier, before being captured by British troops in April 1945.

Feuchtinger died at Berlin, in 1960.

Promotions

• Leutnant (18 Aug 1915);
• Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1925);
• Hauptmann (01 Nov 1929);
• Major (01 Nov 1935);
• Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1938);
• Oberst (01 Aug 1941);
• Generalmajor (01 Aug 1943);
• Generalleutnant (01 Aug 1944)

Decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
  
   on 6 August 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of the 21. Panzer-Division
• Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: on 15.07.1943
• 1914 EK I
• 1914 EK II
• RK II. Klasse des Kgl. Württembg. Friedrichs-Ordens mit Schwertern
• RK II. Klasse des Grossherzoglich Badischer Ordens vom Zähringer Löwen mit Schwertern
• Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
• k.u.k. Österr. Bronzene Tapferkeitsmedaille
• Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
• Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV-I. Klasse
• Spange zum EK I
• Spange zum EK II
• Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
• Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht
  Wehrmachtbericht
  The Wehrmachtbericht was a daily radio report on the Großdeutscher Rundfunk of Nazi Germany, published by the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht regarding the military situation on all fronts of World War II....
  
   on 23 July 1944

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