(1886-07-29)29 July 1886 Halberstadt, Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died
24 October 1942(1942-10-24) (aged 56) Outpost Snipe, El Alamein, Kingdom of Egypt
Allegiance
German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Army
Years of service
1906–1942
Rank
General der Panzertruppe
Commands held
2nd Light Division 7th Panzer Division XL Army Corps Panzer Army Africa
Battles/wars
First World War
World War II
Battle of France
Invasion of Yugoslavia
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Greece
Case Blue
Second Battle of El Alamein
Defence of Outpost Snipe †
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Georg Stumme (29 July 1886 – 24 October 1942) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during the Second World War who briefly commanded the Axis forces at the beginning of the Second Battle of El Alamein, and died during the Defence of Outpost Snipe. He had taken part in the Battle of France, the invasion of Yugoslavia and Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, the highest award in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during the war.
GeorgStumme (29 July 1886 – 24 October 1942) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during the Second World War who briefly commanded the Axis...
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pressure, Rommel flew home to Germany to recover his health. General GeorgStumme was left in command in Rommel's absence. Improved decoding by British...
Battle of Moscow. From 21 July 1942, taking over from the court-martialed GeorgStumme, to 30 September 1942, he was commanding General of the XXXX Panzer Corps...
to return to Germany on sick leave and for General der Panzertruppe GeorgStumme to transfer from the Russian front to take his place. Before he left...
and that the attack would be in the south. Rommel's stand-in, general GeorgStumme, thought the attack would not begin for several weeks. Bertram had succeeded;...
Bastico Ugo Cavallero Giovanni Messe Albert Kesselring Erwin Rommel GeorgStumme † Hans-Jürgen von Arnim François Darlan Casualties and losses British...
Generalleutnant GeorgStumme 6th Infantry Division - Generalleutnant Arnold Freiherr von Biegeleben 9th Infantry Division - Generalleutnant Georg von Apell...
(1891–1944) 19 March 1942 22 September 1942 187 days 3 Stumme, GeorgGeneral der Panzertruppe GeorgStumme (1886–1942) 22 September 1942 24 October 1942 † 32 days...
General Ewald von Kleist. XL Panzer Corps, under Lieutenant General GeorgStumme. XVIII Mountain Corps, under Lieutenant General Franz Böhme. XXX Infantry...
Gerhard von Schwerin (1899–1980) Frido von Senger und Etterlin (1891–1963) GeorgStumme (1886–1942) Horst Stumpff (1887–1958) Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma (1891–1948)...
battalion. On 1 September 1939 the 2nd Light Division, under General GeorgStumme, participated in the invasion of Poland. Luck served as a company commander...
colder. Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma took over command of Afrika Korps after GeorgStumme went missing. A huge task force participating in Operation Torch departed...
Douglas) The Battle of El Alamein (1969, regia di Giorgio Ferroni) as Gen. GeorgStumme L'urlo dei giganti (1969, regia di León Klimovsky) as Gen. Moore (as...
the route of the 9.Panzer-Division, part of General der Panzertruppe GeorgStumme's XL Panzer Corps. The LSSAH crossed the border near Bitola and was soon...
against central Yugoslavia (Serbia) XL Panzer Corps (Generalleutnant GeorgStumme), deployed against southern Yugoslavia (Vardar Macedonia) 9th Panzer...
Kavallerie GeorgStumme Commander of XXXX. Armeekorps (mot.) 15 January 1942 – 16 February 1942 Succeeded by General der Kavallerie GeorgStumme Preceded by...
Division Equivalent to an Anglo Field Marshal General der Panzertruppe GeorgStumme was in command at the start of the battle in Rommel's absence on sick...
North Africa on sick leave, handing over command of the Afrika Korps to GeorgStumme. Hitler relieved Franz Halder as Chief of Staff of the OKH and replaced...
Regiment 25 of the newly formed 7th Panzer Division under Generalmajor GeorgStumme. Rothenburg spent following months with the training on Czechoslovakian...
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Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
General der Panzertruppe