Kurt Chill

Kurt Chill
Born1 May 1895
Toruń
Died5 July 1976(1976-07-05) (aged 81)
Allegiance German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 Nazi Germany
Service / branchArmy
RankGeneralleutnant
Commands
Battles / warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Kurt Chill (1 May 1895 – 5 July 1976), born in Toruń, was a Nazi German general in the German army during World War II who commanded the LV Army Corps.[1] He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.[2]

Awards and decorations

References

Citations

  1. ^ The Siegfried Line; The German Defense of the West Wall, September-December 1944, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Fellgiebel 2000, p. 130.

Bibliography

  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [First published 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.
Military offices
Preceded by
Generalleutnant Siegfried Macholz
 Commander of 122. Infanterie-Division
1 August 1942 – 10 October 1942 		Succeeded by
Generalleutnant Gustav Hundt
Preceded by
Generalleutnant Alfred Thielmann
 Commander of 122. Infanterie-Division
27 June 1943 – 1 February 1944 		Succeeded by
Generalmajor Johann-Albrecht von Blücher
Preceded by
None
 Commander of 85. Infanterie-Division
1 February 1944 – 22 November 1944 		Succeeded by
Generalmajor Helmut Bechler
Preceded by
General der Infanterie Friedrich Herrlein
 Commander of LV. Armeekorps
5 February 1945 – 8 May 1945 		Succeeded by
None