Eberhard Rodt
Eberhard Rodt | |
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| File:Eberhard Rodt.jpg | |
| Born | 4 December 1895 Munich, German Empire |
| Died | 14 December 1979 (aged 84) Munich, West Germany |
| Allegiance | File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Army (Wehrmacht) |
| Rank | Generalleutnant |
| Commands | 22nd Panzer Division 15th Panzergrenadier Division |
| Conflicts | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
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Eberhard Rodt (4 December 1895 – 14 December 1979) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
On 25 August 1941, he took an important role in the German capture of Dnipropetrovsk. Rodt, then a colonel within 13th Panzer Division, seized a Soviet pontoon bridge across the Dnieper river after Red Army forces had destroyed all fortified bridges across the river in the city. Rodt's ad hoc decision allowed German forces to establish a preliminary bridgehead on the east shore of the river, providing cover for the forces of the III Army Corps to begin their crossing.[1]
Awards and decorations
[edit | edit source]- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (30 July 1915) & 1st Class (10 August 1918)[2]
- Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class (21 May 1940) & 1st Class (21 May 1940)[2]
- German Cross in Gold on 23 August 1942 as Oberst in the 22. Schützen-Brigade[3]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 25 June 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 25[4]
- Oak Leaves on 28 April 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 15. Panzergrenadier-Division[5]
References
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- 1895 births
- 1979 deaths
- Lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
- Military personnel from Munich
- German Army personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Military personnel from the Kingdom of Bavaria
- 20th-century Freikorps personnel
- German Army generals of World War II
- Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class