Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz

Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz (11 July 1898 – 31 May 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz
Born	11 July 1898 Oschatz
Died	31 May 1945(1945-05-31) (aged 46) Eckernförde
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Years of service	1917–45
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands	24th Panzer Division
Battles / wars	World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok–Minsk Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Voronezh (1942) Battle of Stalingrad Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive First Jassy–Kishinev Offensive Battle of Debrecen East Prussian Offensive Heiligenbeil Pocket
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Biography

Gustav Adolf was born into the collateral branch of an old, noble House of Nostitz, as the son of Max von Nostitz-Wallwitz (d. 1911), Oberstleutnant, and his wife, Helene von Minckwitz (d. 1945). ^[1] He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Nostitz-Wallwitz was wounded in March 1945 in the Heiligenbeil Pocket, he was evacuated to a hospital in Eckernförde and died on 31 May 1945.

Awards and decorations

• German Cross in Gold on 1 December 1941 as Oberstleutnant in reitendes Artillerie-Regiment 1^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 June 1944 as Oberst and commander of Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 89^[3]

References

Citations

1. "GM Gustav-Adolf von Nostitz-Wallwitz 11.07.1898 - 31.05.1945 - Axis History Forum".
2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 333.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 267.

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.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.

Military offices
Preceded by General der Panzertruppe Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Edelsheim	Commander of 24. Panzer-Division 1 August 1944 – 25 March 1945	Succeeded by Major Rudolf von Knebel-Döberitz