Johann Sinnhuber

Johann Sinnhuber
Born (1887-03-27)27 March 1887
Died 23 October 1979(1979-10-23) (aged 92)
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Army (Wehrmacht)
Rank General of the Artillery
Commands held 28th Infantry Division
28th Jäger Division
LXXXII. Armeekorps
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Johann Sinnhuber (27 March 1887 – 23 October 1979)[1] was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the LXXXII Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Obituary in Ostpreußenblatt, 3 November 1979, p. 23. Sometimes 1974 is erroneously given as his year of death.
  2. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 326.

Bibliography

  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [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
General der Infanterie Hans von Obstfelder		 Commander of 28. Jäger Division
21 May 1940 - 1 May 1943 		Succeeded by
General der Infanterie Friedrich Schulz
Preceded by
General der Infanterie Ernst Dehner		 Commander of the LXXXII. Armeekorps
10 July 1943 - 1 September 1944 		Succeeded by
General der Infanterie Walter Hörnlein
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