Eberhard Rodt

Eberhard Rodt
Eberhard Rodt
Born	4 December 1895; Munich
Died	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.; Munich
Buried	Ansbach
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918); Weimar Republic (to 1933); Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1914–45
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands held	22. Panzer-Division; 15. Panzergrenadier-Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Battle of Belgium; Battle of France; Operation Barbarossa; Battle of Moscow; Battle of Stalingrad; Bernhardt Line; Battle of Monte Cassino; Operation Dragoon; Operation Veritable; Operation Varsity;
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Eberhard Rodt (4 December 1895 – 14 December 1979) was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II who command several divisions. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (30 July 1915)^[1]
- 1st Class (10 August 1918)^[1]
Wound Badge (1914)
- in Black
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (21 May 1940)^[1]
- 1st Class (21 May 1940)^[1]
Eastern Front Medal
German Cross in Gold on 23 August 1942 as Oberst in the 22. Schützen-Brigade^[2]
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^[3]
- (847th) Oak Leaves on 28 April 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 15. Panzergrenadier-Division^[4]^{[Note 1]}
Mentioned twice in the Wehrmachtbericht (25 January 1944 and 13 October 1944)

Notes

↑ The sequential numbers greater than 843 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves are unofficial and were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) and are therefore denoted in parentheses.^[5]

References

Citations

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Thomas 1998, p. 216.
↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 381.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 293.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 84.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 102–111.

Bibliography

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Preceded by Generalleutnant Hellmut von der Chevallerie	Commander of 22. Panzer-Division 1 November 1942 – 3 March 1943	Succeeded by Unit disbanded
Preceded by Generalleutnant Willibald Borowietz	Commander of 15. Panzergrenadier-Division 1 July 1943 – October 1943	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Ernst-Günther Baade

[6] The sequential numbers greater than 843 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves are unofficial and were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) and are therefore denoted in parentheses.^[5]

[Thomas_p216-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Thomas 1998, p. 216.

[2] Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 381.

[3] Fellgiebel 2000, p. 293.

[4] Fellgiebel 2000, p. 84.

[5] Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 102–111.

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v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 25th Infantry Division/25th Motorized Infantry Division/25th Panzergrenadier Division
Stab	Arnold Burmeister Erich-Heinrich Clößner Anton Grasser¹ (Oak Leaves) Paul Schürmann
Infanterier-Regiment 35 Infanterie-/Grenadier-Regiment (mot.) 35 Panzergrenadier-Regiment 35	Ludwig Franz Wilhelm Glaser Hansjörg Hauser Wilhelm Massa Stefan Maurer Karl Nestle Karl Pröll² (Oak Leaves) Otto Schmidt-Hartung Friedrich Schwarz Ludwig Simon Martin Wekenmann Willy Wieland
Infanterie-/Grenadier-Regiment (mot.) 41 Panzergrenadier-Regiment 119	Hans Barthle Anton Grasser¹ (Oak Leaves) Hans-Jörg Kimmich Georg Nagengast Hugo Roos Robert Vogel
Panzer-Abteilung 5	Kurt Arendt Heinz-Georg Behrens Horst Giese Josef Rettemeier (Oak Leaves)
Kradschützen-Bataillon 25	Hermann Schulte-Heuthaus Wilhelm Westermann
Aufklärungs-Abteilung 25	Eberhard Rodt³ (Oak Leaves)
Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 125	Thaddäus Münst Wolfgang Wiedemann
Panzergrenadier-Feldersatz-Bataillon 25	Johannes Grimminger⁴ (Oak Leaves)
¹ Knight's Cross with the Infanterie-Regiment 119, Oak Leaves with the Stab. ² Knight's Cross with Panzergrenadier-Regiment 63 (17th Panzer Division). ³ Oak Leaves with the 15th Panzergrenadier-Division. ⁴ Oak Leaves with Panzergrenadier-Regiment 192 (21st Panzer Division).

v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 15th Panzergrenadier Division
Stab	Eberhard Rodt¹ (Oak Leaves)
Panzergrenadier-Regiment 104	Heinrich Born Gerhard Jözwiak Walter Jünemann
Panzergrenadier-Regiment 115	Leonhard Bischoff Adam Dyroff Helmut Klose Wolfgang Maucke Heinz-Eugen Schauwecker Ernst Weichsel Karl Winterhoff
Panzergrenadier-Regiment 129	Alois Hübner Friedrich-Wilhelm Steuer Albert Zapf
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 33	Albert Meder
Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 115	Alhard Freiherr von der Borch
Heeres-Flakartillerie-Abteilung 315	Paul Schwermann
¹Knight's Cross with Aufklärungs-Abteilung 25 (25th (motorized) Infantry Division).

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Eberhard Rodt
Born	(1895-12-04)4 December 1895 Munich
Died	Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Munich
Buried	Ansbach
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1914–45
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands held	22. Panzer-Division 15. Panzergrenadier-Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Battle of Belgium Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Moscow Battle of Stalingrad Bernhardt Line Battle of Monte Cassino Operation Dragoon Operation Veritable Operation Varsity
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves