Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans (23 September 1899 – 10 June 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War and a recipient of the German Cross in Gold on 26 August 1942.[1]
Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 September 1899 Erfurt, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | June 10, 1944 (aged 44) La Caine, Occupied France |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance |  German Empire Nazi Germany |
| Service | Wehrmacht |
| Rank | Generalmajor |
| Battles / wars | First World War Second World War |
| Awards | German Cross in Gold |
Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans was born on 23 September 1899 in Erfurt.[2] He married Ingeborg Hane on 6 April 1923.
Dawans, the chief-of-staff of Panzergruppe West (General Geyr von Schweppenburg), was killed during the raid by the Royal Air Force (RAF) attack on La Caine, the Panzergruppe HQ, on 10 June 1944.[3]
References
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- ^ Patzwall 2001, p. 79
- ^ Rohrer, Christian (2006). Nationalsozialistische Macht in Ostpreussen. Meidenbauer. p. 567. ISBN 9783899750546.
- ^ Lieb, Peter (2007). Konventioneller Krieg oder NS-Weltanschauungskrieg?. Walter de Gruyter. p. 566. ISBN 978-3-486-70741-0.
- Bibliography
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients] (in German). Vol. II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
- Otto von Knobelsdorff, Geschichte der niedersächsischen 19. Panzer-Division 1939–1945, Podzun, 1958, 312 pages (2nd printing 1988)
- Rolf Hinze, Die 19. Panzer-Division 1939–1945 (Bildband), Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, 1982, 176 pages
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