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  • Otto Schünemann
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  • 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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serviceyears
  • 1908
  • 1936
Birth Date
  • 1891-10-06
Commands
Branch
death place
  • Pagost, Belarus
Name
  • Otto Schünemann
Birth Place
Title
  • Commander of 337. Infanterie-Division
  • Commander of XXXIX. Panzer-Korps
Awards
death date
  • 1944-06-29
Rank
Allegiance
  • German Empire
  • Nazi Germany
  • Weimar Republic
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
Before
  • General der Artillerie Erich Marcks
  • General der Artillerie Robert Martinek
Years
  • --10-05
  • --06-28
After
  • Generalleutnant Walter Scheller
  • General der Panzertruppen Dietrich von Saucken
laterwork
  • Police officer
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.