Theodor Busse ( German: Theodor Busse ; December 15, 1897 , Frankfurt - October 21, 1986 , Wallerstein ) - German military leader. Infantry General (November 1, 1944).
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 Theodore Busse - far right | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of Birth | December 15, 1897 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Frankfurt am Main Hesse-Nassau Kingdom of Prussia German Empire | |||||||||||||||
| Date of death | October 21, 1986 (88 years old) | |||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Wallerstein , Bavaria , Germany | |||||||||||||||
| Affiliation |  German Empire Weimar Republic Third Reich | |||||||||||||||
| Type of army | infantry | |||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1915 - 1945 | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | infantry general | |||||||||||||||
| Commanded | 9th army | |||||||||||||||
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| Awards and prizes | German Empire
Third Reich
Germany
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Biography
Since 1915, drafted into the army, participated in the First World War . In 1917 he was promoted to lieutenant .
Since 1937 he was appointed chief of the operational department of the Headquarters of the 22nd Infantry Division .
In 1939 he served in the General Staff of the Ground Forces .
In September 1940, Chief of the Operations Division of the 11th Army Headquarters
Since 1942, the chief of the operational department of the headquarters of the Army Group Don (later, since 1943, the South )
Since July 1944, the commander of the 121st Infantry Division , and since August of the entire First Army Corps.
Since January 1945, the commander of the 9th Army . In this post, he was defeated in the Wisla-Oder operation, in an operation against Soviet bridgeheads in the Kustrin region , in the Berlin operation .
Rewards
- 2nd Class Iron Cross (November 3, 1916) ( Kingdom of Prussia )
- Class 1 Iron Cross (August 22, 1917) ( Kingdom of Prussia )
- Royal Order of the Hohenzollern House Knight's Cross with Swords (July 29, 1918) ( Kingdom of Prussia )
- Breastplate “For Injury” (1918) in black
- Honorary Cross of the First World War 1914/1918 with swords (December 5, 1934)
- Medal “For the length of service in the Wehrmacht” from 4th to 2nd grade (October 2, 1936)
- Buckle to the Iron Cross 2nd class (May 27, 1940)
- Buckle to the Iron Cross 1st class (May 30, 1940)
- Medal "For the Winter Campaign in the East 1941/42"
- Order of Mihai the Brave 3rd class (May 8, 1942)
- German cross in gold (May 24, 1942)
- Crimean shield (September 10, 1942)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (January 30, 1944)
- Cuff tape "Courland"
- The Order of Merit for the Federal Republic of Germany, a large officer cross (January 25, 1966)
Literature
- Zalessky K. A. Who was who in the Third Reich. - M .: AST, 2002.