General der Infanterie Günther Blumentritt Born: 10 Feb 1892 in Munich (München) Died: 12 Oct 1967 in Munich (München) Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (20 Sep 1911); Fähnrich (27 Jan 1912); Leutnant (19 Nov 1912); Oberleutnant (22 Mar 1918); Hauptmann/Rittmeister (01 Apr 1926); Major (01 Sep 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1936); Oberst (01 Oct 1938); Generalmajor (16 Jan 1942); Generalleutnant (01 Dec 1942); General der Infanterie (01 Apr 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (29 May 1911)
Fahnenjunker in the 71st Infantry-Regiment (29 May 1911-04 Dec 1914)
Detached to the War School Danzig (05 Jan 1912-28 Sep 1912)
Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the 71st Infantry-Regiment (04 Dec 1914-01 Jan 1918)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 71st Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1918-17 Aug 1918)
Transferred into the Hospital of the Replacement-Battalion of the 71st Infantry-Regiment (17 Aug 1918-02 Sep 1918)
Transferred into the 71st Infantry-Regiment in the Field (02 Sep 1918-05 Sep 1918)
Adjutant of the 205th Infantry-Brigade (05 Sep 1918-23 Dec 1918)
Adjutant of the 76th Infantry-Brigade (23 Dec 1918-08 Jan 1919)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 71st Infantry-Regiment (08 Jan 1919-20 Feb 1919)
Company-Leader in the 71st Infantry-Regiment (20 Feb 1919-11 Mar 1919)
Company-Leader in Freikorps Thüringen (11 Mar 1919-18 Mar 1919)
Adjutant of hessisch-thüring.-waldeck'schen Freikorps (18 Mar 1919-23 Mar 1919)
Company-Leader in the hessisch-thüring.-waldeck'schen Freikorps (23 Mar 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the 22nd Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-01 Nov 1919)
Company-Leader in the 11th Reichswehr-Jäger-Regiment (01 Nov 1919-16 May 1920)
Transferred into the 21st Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (16 May 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Company-Leader in the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-10 Sep 1921)
Detached as Auxiliary-Officer to the Staff of the 5th Division (01 Jan 1921-07 Jun 1921)
At the same time, Detached for training with the III. Battalion of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (07 Jun 1921-28 Sep 1921)
Transferred into the 15th Mounted-Regiment, hile retaining his previous Command in the 5th Division (10 Sep 1921-01 Oct 1921)
Transferred into the Staff of the 5th Division (01 Oct 1921-01 Oct 1922)
Transferred back into the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1922-01 Oct 1924)
At the same time, Detached to the Staff of Artillery-Leader V (01 Nov 1923-29 Feb 1924)
Transferred into the 9th Mounted-Regiment and Detached to the University of Berlin (01 Oct 1924-01 Oct 1925)
Transferred back into the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1925-01 Feb 1926)
Detached to the Staff of the 6th Division (01 Feb 1926-01 Apr 1926)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 6th Division (01 Apr 1926-01 Oct 1927)
Transferred into the 13th Mounted-Regiment, while retaining previous position (01 Oct 1927-01 Feb 1928)
Transferred in unchanged Service use into the Staff of the 6th Division (01 Feb 1928-01 Jan 1930)
Company-Chief in the 19th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1930-01 Oct 1932)
Detached into the Staff of Group-Command 1 (01 Oct 1932-01 Sep 1933)
Officer with Special Duties with the Chief of Army Command and Instructor at the Officers-Courses (clandestine War Academy), with effect from 01 Oct 1933 he carried the uniform of the Operations-Staff-Officers (01 Sep 1933-13 Apr 1935)
Lecturer and Tactics-Instructor at the War Academy (13 Apr 1935-01 Jul 1935)
Transferred into the General-Staff of Military-District-Command VII (01 Jul 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of VII. Army-Corps (15 Oct 1935-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 19th Infantry-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-03 Nov 1938)
Chief of the 4th Department of the Army General Staff (03 Nov 1938-18 Aug 1939)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Army High Command 12 (18 Aug 1939-02 Sep 1939)
Transferred into the General-Staff of Army-Group South (02 Sep 1939-23 Oct 1939)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Army-Group South (23 Oct 1939-26 Oct 1939)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Army-Group A (26 Oct 1939-25 Oct 1940)
Chief of the General Staff of the 4th Army (25 Oct 1940-17 Jan 1942)
Senior Quartermaster I in the Army General Staff and at the same time, Deputy-Chief of Staff of the Army General-Staff (17 Jan 1942-22 Sep 1942)
Acting-Chief of the General-Staff of Army-Group D (22 Sep 1942-24 Sep 1942)
Chief of the General-Staff of Army-Group D (24 Sep 1942-03 Jan 1943)
Sverely wounded in a railway-accident, admitted to Reserve-Hospital I, Hannover (03 Jan 1943-26 Jun 1943)
Special-Mission with Army High Command 7 and Army-Group South (26 Jun 1943-10 Jun 1944)
Chief of the General-Staff of Army-Group D (High-Command West) (10 Jun 1944-10 Sep 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (10 Sep 1944-19 Oct 1944)
At the same time, Detached to LXXXVI. Army-Corps (01 Oct 1944-01 Nov 1944)
At the same time, Detached for Briefing to LVIII. Panzer-Corps (02 Nov 1944-01 Dec 1944)
Delegated with the Temporary-Leadership of XII. SS-Army-Corps (19 Oct 1944-23 Nov 1944)
Leader of Corps-Group Blumentritt (with Army-Group von Manteuffel) (23 Nov 1944-28 Jan 1945)
Transferred to Army High Command 25 (28 Jan 1945-29 Jan 1945)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 25th Army (29 Jan 1945-28 Mar 1945)
Delegated with the Temporary-Leadership of the 1st Parachute-Army (28 Mar 1945-10 Apr 1945)
Leader of Army-Group Blumentritt (10 Apr 1945-06 May 1945)
Commander-in-Chief in Schleswig-Holstein (06 May 1945-01 Jun 1945)
In British captivity (01 Jun 1945-01 Dec 1945)
In US captivity (01 Dec 1945-01 Jan 1948)
Released (01 Jan 1948)
Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz (3662): am 13.09.1944 als General der Infanterie und Chef des Generalstab der Heeresgruppe D
- Eichenlaub (741): am 18.02.1945 als General der Infanterie und mit der Führung der 25. Armee beauftragt (14.03.1945: Überreichung des Eichenlaubs auf dem Gefechtsstand der Heeresgruppe H)
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (36/2): am 26.01.1942 als Oberst i.G. und Chef des Generalstabes der 4. Armee
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 07.07.1918
- 1914 EK I: 18.03.1916
- 1914 EK II: 29.09.1914
- Fürstl. Schwarzburgisches Ehrenkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern: 03.01.1915
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse: 02.10.1936
- Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille mit Schwertern der Republik Österreich
- Kgl. Ungar. Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille mit Schwertern
- Kgl. Bulgar. Kriegs-Erinnerungs-Medaille mit Schwertern
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13.03.1938
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938 mit Spange “Prager Burg”
- Kgl. Jugosl. St. Sava-Orden II. Klasse: 23.10.1939
- Spange zum EK I: 29.09.1939
- Spange zum EK II: 19.09.1939
- Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”: 07.08.1942
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