Helmut Thumm

Helmut Thumm
Born	25 August 1895
Died	13 July 1977 (aged 81)
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Rank	General der Infanterie
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Helmut Thumm (25 August 1895 – 13 July 1977) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. After pulling Hitler Youth teenagers out of the front lines against orders from above, he was relieved of his command of the LXIV. Armeekorps on January 20, 1945. Captured at the end of the war, Thumm spent two and half years in an Allied POW camp. Thumm died in 1977 in Welzheim.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (26 August 1915)^[1]
  • 1st Class (3 July 1918)^[1]
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 1st Class
• Sudetenland Medal
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (3 June 1940)^[1]
  • 1st Class (13 June 1940)^[1]
• Eastern Front Medal
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 30 June 1941 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Infantry Regiment 56^[2]
  • 166th Oak Leaves on 23 December 1942 as Oberst and commander of Jäger Regiment 56^[3]
• Mention in the Wehrmachtbericht (5 July 1941)

References

Citations

1. Thomas 1998, p. 379.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 422.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 64.

Bibliography

• Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 1, 1. September 1939 bis 31. Dezember 1941 [The Wehrmacht Reports 1939–1945 Volume 1, 1 September 1939 to 31 December 1941] (in German). München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2.
• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.