Helmuth Huffmann

Helmuth Huffmann
Born31 July 1891
Werden, German Empire
Died9 December 1975(1975-12-09) (aged 84)
Bad Godesberg, West Germany
Military career
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany
Branch
Army (Wehrmacht)
Service years
1912–1945
Rank
Generalleutnant
Commands62. Infanterie-Division
277. Infanterie-Division
Conflicts
World War I
World War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Helmuth Huffmann (31 July 1891 – 9 December 1975) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Huffmann was born in Werden in 1891. He entered the Royal Prussian Army before World War I and was an Oberleutnant in Field Artillery Regiment 107. He remained in the post-war Reichswehr as a career officer in the artillery branch. He was a battalion and regimental commander of artillery units between 1935 and 1942. During World War II, he commanded infantry divisions 62 and 277 between 1943 and 1944. He was the commander of the artillery school in Berlin from May 1944 to the end of the war in May 1945.

Awards and decorations

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 Webb 2024, p. 102.
  2. 1 2 3 Reichswehrministerium (Ed.): Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres. E.S. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin: 1930, p. 139.
  3. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 196.

Bibliography

  • 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.
  • Webb, James Jack (2024). Generals and Admirals of the Third Reich: For Country or Fuehrer. Vol. 2: H–O. Havertown, PA: Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-952-71517-4.