Lothar rendulic biography

This is a brief biographical sketch of the military career of Colonel-General Lothar Rendulic.
Lothar Rendulic was an Austrian army group commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Rendulic was one of three Austrians who rose to the rank of Generaloberst in the German armed forces.
Lothar Rendulic (23 November 1887 – 18 January 1971) was an army group commander in the German Army during World War II. Rendulic was one of three Austrians.

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Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Generaloberst (General)
Awarded on:: May 9th, 1945

"In Ostpreußen haben deutsche Divisionen noch gestern die Weichselmündung und den Westteil der Frischen Nehrung bis zuletzt tapfer verteidigt, wobei sich die 7. Infanterie-Division besonders auszeichnete. Dem Oberbefehlshaber, General der Panzertruppe von Saucken, wurden in Anerkennung der vorbildlichen Haltung seiner Soldaten die Brillanten zum Eichenlaub mit Schwertern zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes verliehen.
Als vorgeschobenes Bollwerk fesselten unsere Armeen in Kurland unter dem bewährten Oberbefehl des Generaloberst Hilpert monatelang überlegene sowjetische Schützen- und Panzerverbände und erwarben sich in sechs großen Schlachten unvergänglichen Ruhm. Sie haben jede vorzeitige Übergabe abgelehnt. In voller Ordnung wurden mit den nach Westen noch ausfliegenden Flugzeugen nur Versehrte und Väter kinderreicher Familien abtransportiert. Die Stäbe und Offiziere verblieben bei ihren Truppen. Um Mitternacht wurde von deutscher Seite, entsprechend den unterzeichneten Bedingungen

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1933-XX-XX–1934-XX-XXAustrian Military Attaché to London & Paris1934-XX-XX–1936-XX-XXCommanding Officer Austrian Mobile Brigade1936-XX-XXRetired1938-XX-XXRecalled1938-XX-XX–1940-XX-XXChief of Staff XVII Corps1940-XX-XXActing General Officer Commanding 14th Division1940-XX-XX–1942-XX-XXGeneral Officer Commanding 52nd Division1942-XX-XX–1943-XX-XXGeneral Officer Commanding XXXV Corps1943-XX-XXIn reserve1943-XX-XX–1944-XX-XXGeneral Officer Commanding 2nd Panzer Army, Yugoslavia1944-XX-XX–1945-XX-XXGeneral Officer Commanding 20th Mountain Army, Finland-Norway1945-XX-XXCommander in Chief Army Group Kurland, Eastern Front1945-XX-XXCommander in Chief Army Group North, Eastern Front1945-XX-XXCommander in Chief Army Group Kurland, Eastern Front1945-XX-XXCommander in Chief Army Group South, Eastern Front1945-XX-XXCommander in Chief Army Group Ostmark1945-XX-XX–1948-XX-XXPrisoner of War1948-XX-XXCondemned to 2

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Lothar Rendulic, Hitler’s Austrian Fireman – A Senior German Commander in WWII

A senior Nazi commander in WWII, Lothar Rendulic was known as Hitler’s Austrian Fireman. He served in the eastern theaters of the European war, from the Balkans in the south to Finland in the north. There, he tackled some of the greatest challenges faced by any German commander.

Rise to Command

Born in Austria-Hungary in 1887, Lothar Rendulic studied law at University before training at the Maria Theresa Military Academy. After four years as a second lieutenant, he came first in the exams to enter the War College but abandoned his studies at the start of WWI.

Early in the war, Rendulic was injured in an artillery barrage that left a five-inch gash in his skull. When he had recovered, he moved from field command to staff work. He was again hurt, in an accident on the Italian front.

Rendulic stayed in the army after the war, working in the administrative department. He graduated as a Doctor of Law in 1920, taught organization and tactics at the Army College, then graduated from the Gener