(1896-08-18)18 August 1896 Ludwigsthal, Province of Silesia, German Empire (now Ludvíkov, Poland)
Died
29 April 1945(1945-04-29) (aged 48) Teupitz,[1] Nazi Germany
Allegiance
German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Imperial German Army
Prussian Army
Landespolizei
German Army
Years of service
1914–45
Rank
Generalmajor
Commands held
2nd Panzer Regiment 16 Panzer Division 263 Infantry Division 391 Sicherungs Division
Battles/wars
World War I
World War II
Allied Invasion of Italy
Battle of France
Battle of Kiev (1941)
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Halbe
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Rudolf Alexander Karl Wilhelm Sieckenius (18 August 1896[2] – 29 April 1945) was a German Generalmajor during World War II who commanded the 16 Panzer Division during Operation Avalanche (Salerno Landings) in September 1943. Despite his widely acknowledged success, which almost resulted in the Allies being pushed back into the sea, Sieckenius was made a scapegoat and sidelined until his death during the Battle of Berlin, when he commanded the 391st Wehrmacht security division.
^Hans-Jürgen Pantenius: Letzte Schlacht an der Ostfront - von Döberitz bis Danzig 1944/1945, p. 225 (in German)
^Bundesarchiv PERS 6/1829 Personalakte Sieckenius, Rudolf
Rudolf Alexander Karl Wilhelm Sieckenius (18 August 1896 – 29 April 1945) was a German Generalmajor during World War II who commanded the 16 Panzer Division...
Panzergrenadier Division (Eberhard Rodt) and 16th Panzer Division (RudolfSieckenius); and under Traugott Herr's LXXVI Panzer Corps was 26th Panzer Division...
(Generalmajor Wilhelm Schmalz) 16th Panzer Division (Generalleutnant RudolfSieckenius) LXXVI Panzer Corps General der Panzertruppen Traugott Herr Deployed...
some three miles beyond the Trigno, at which point Generalmajor RudolfSieckenius—commanding 16th Panzer Division—decided to make a fighting withdrawal...
were ordered to regroup at Plovdiv. In early May 1941 Oberstleutnant RudolfSieckenius was given command of Panzer-Regiment 2. The entire 16th Panzer Division...
Zielona Góra. The settlement has a population of 21.[citation needed] RudolfSieckenius (16 May 1896 – 28 April 1945), Wehrmacht general M. Kaemmerer (2004)...
Hartmann Preceded by Generalleutnant Hans Traut Commander of 263rd Infantry Division 1 April 1943 – 21 May 1944 Succeeded by Generalmajor RudolfSieckenius...
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