Georg von Bismarck

Georg von Bismarck
Georg von Bismarck (right)
Born	(1891-02-15)15 February 1891
Died	31 August 1942(1942-08-31) (aged 51) near El Alamein
Buried at	Tobruk
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1910–42
Rank	Generalleutnant (Posthumously)
Commands held	20th Panzer Division 21st Panzer Division
Battles/wars	World War II North African Campaign
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Georg von Bismarck (15 February 1891 – 31 August 1942) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Bismarck joined the army in 1910 and took part in World War I. During the interwar years he served as an officer in the Reichswehr. During World War II, Bismarck took part in the Invasion of Poland in September 1939. During the Battle of France in 1940, he commanded a motorized infantry regiment of Erwin Rommel's 7th Panzer Division.

In 1941 he was promoted to commander of the newly formed 20th Panzer Division. He led the division during Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern Front as a part of Army Group Centre. In January 1942 he was transferred to Africa to serve in the Africa Korps as commander of the 21st Panzer Division. Here he again served under Rommel. Bismarck was killed by a mine while leading the 21st Panzer Division in the Battle of Alam el Halfa, 31 August 1942.^[1]

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 September 1940 as Oberst and commander of Schützen-Regiment 7^[2]

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.
Lewin, Ronald (1998) [1968]. Rommel As Military Commander. New York: B&N Books. ISBN 978-0-7607-0861-3.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Horst Stumpff	Acting commander of 20th Panzer Division 10 September 1941 – 13 October 1941	Succeeded by Generalmajor Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
Preceded by Generalmajor Karl Böttcher	Commander of 21st Panzer Division 11 February 1942 – 21 July 1942	Succeeded by Oberst Alfred Bruer

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 7th Panzer Division

Staff	Hans Freiherr von Funck (Oak Leaves) Hasso von Manteuffel¹ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Karl Mauss² (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Erwin Rommel³ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds)

Units	Walter Brandes Eduard Hauser⁴ (Oak Leaves) Horst Ohrloff Karl Rothenburg Adelbert Schulz (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Johann Condné Fritz Bachmann Georg von Bismarck Joachim Dünkler Richard Grünert⁵ (Oak Leaves) Friedrich-Carl von Steinkeller Richard Grünert(Oak Leaves)

¹Diamonds with the 5th Panzer Army. ²Knight's Cross with the 10th Panzer Division, Oak Leaves with the 4th Panzer Division. ³Swords and Diamonds with the Panzer Army Africa. ⁴Oak Leaves with the 13th Panzer Division.

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