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rdfs:comment | - Otto Schünemann (6 October 1891 – 29 June 1944) was a Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Otto Schünemann was killed on 29 June 1944 in Pagost, Belarus during Operation Bagration. Otto Schünemann commanded the XXXIX. Panzer-Korps for only one day before being killed, he was replacing the previous commander General der Artillerie Robert Martinek who was killed 28 June 1944.
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Title | - Commander of 337. Infanterie-Division
- Commander of XXXIX. Panzer-Korps
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Allegiance | - German Empire
- Nazi Germany
- Weimar Republic
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Battles | - World War I
- World War II
*Battle of France
*Operation Barbarossa
*Battle of Smolensk (1941)
*Battles of Rzhev
*Operation Büffel
*Battle of Smolensk (1943)
*Operation Bagration
*Minsk Offensive
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Before | - General der Artillerie Erich Marcks
- General der Artillerie Robert Martinek
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After | - Generalleutnant Walter Scheller
- General der Panzertruppen Dietrich von Saucken
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abstract | - Otto Schünemann (6 October 1891 – 29 June 1944) was a Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Otto Schünemann was killed on 29 June 1944 in Pagost, Belarus during Operation Bagration. Otto Schünemann commanded the XXXIX. Panzer-Korps for only one day before being killed, he was replacing the previous commander General der Artillerie Robert Martinek who was killed 28 June 1944.
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