Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans

Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans
Born 23 September 1899
Erfurt
Died June 10, 1944(1944-06-10) (aged 44)
La Caine, France
Buried La Cambe German war cemetery
Allegiance  German Empire
 Nazi Germany
Service/branch Wehrmacht
Rank Generalmajor
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards German Cross in Gold

Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans (23 September 1899 - 10 June 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the German Cross in Gold on 26 August 1942.[1]

Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans was born on 23 September 1899 in Erfurt.[2] He married Ingeborg Hane on 6 April 1923 at Blankensee. Dawans was killed during the RAF's attack on Panzer Group West's headquarters at La Caine on 10 June 1944.[3]

References

Citations
  1. ↑ Patzwall 2001, p. 79
  2. ↑ Rohrer, Christian (2006). Nationalsozialistische Macht in Ostpreussen. Meidenbauer. p. 567. ISBN 9783899750546.
  3. ↑ Lieb, Peter (2007). Konventioneller Krieg oder NS-Weltanschauungskrieg?. Walter de Gruyter. p. 566. ISBN 9783486707410.
Bibliography

  • 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.
  • Otto von Knobelsdorff, Geschichte der niedersächsischen 19. Panzer-Division 1939 - 1945, Podzun, 1958, 312 pages (2nd printing 1988)
  • Rolf Hinze, Die 19. Panzer-Division 1939 - 1945 (Bildband), Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, 1982, 176 pages


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