9 February 1944(1944-02-09) (aged 65) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
German Empire (1898-1918) Weimar Republic (1918-1933) Nazi Germany (1933-1944)
Branch/service
German Army
Years of service
1898–1944
Rank
Generaloberst
Commands
Danzig-West Prussia Garrison VIII Corps
Battles/wars
World War I
World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Białystok–Minsk
First Battle of Smolensk
Battle of Stalingrad (POW)
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Walter Heitz (8 December 1878 – 9 February 1944) was a German general (Generaloberst) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He served as President of the Reich Military Court and commanded part of the 6th Army in the Battle of Stalingrad.
A decorated World War I officer and supporter of Nazism, Heitz advanced rapidly under the Third Reich. In 1936, he became the president of the Reich Military Court. At the age of 60, Heitz took command of the VIII Army Corps and participated in the Invasion of Poland, the Battle of France and Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. Heitz continued to command the VIII Army Corps as part of the 6th Army in the Battle of Stalingrad. The 6th Army was encircled within the city after Operation Uranus, the Soviet counter-offensive in Stalingrad, and eventually destroyed. Heitz surrendered the central pocket of German forces in Stalingrad on 31 January 1943 and died as a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union.
WalterHeitz (8 December 1878 – 9 February 1944) was a German general (Generaloberst) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He served as President of the...
(born 1940), Swiss fencer Markus Heitz (born 1971), German writer WalterHeitz (1878–1944), German Wehrmacht general Heitz Wine Cellars, American winery...
Mamayev-Kurgan. The northern pocket consisting of the VIIIth Corps, under General WalterHeitz, and the XIth Corps, was now cut off from telephone communication with...
von Vollard-Bockelberg [de], and West Prussia, commanded by general WalterHeitz, were established in conquered Greater Poland and Pomerelia, respectively...
(1886–1971) January 1, 1943 – Hans von Salmuth (1888–1962) January 30, 1943 – WalterHeitz (1878–1944) March 6, 1943 – Karl Strecker (1884–1973) July 6, 1943 –...
Generalleutnant Richard Stempel VIII Army Corps – General der Artillerie WalterHeitz (promoted January 1943 to Generaloberst) 76th Infantry Division – Generalleutnant...
Division - Generalmajor Franz Karl VIII Corps - General der Infanterie WalterHeitz 8th Infantry Division - Generalmajor Rudolf Koch-Erpach 28th Infantry...
Helge Auleb 26th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Walter Weiß VIII Corps - General of Artillery WalterHeitz 8th Infantry Division - Lt. Gen. Gustav Höhne...
Ritter von Hauenschild Hans Hecker Heino von Heimburg Gotthard Heinrici WalterHeitz Franz Hemer Georg Ritter von Hengl Sigfrid Henrici Albert Henze Friedrich...
von Vollard-Bockelberg [de], and West Prussia, commanded by general WalterHeitz, were established in conquered Greater Poland and Pomerelia, respectively...
in agreement with Panzer Group 4 and at their express wish", noted Franz Walter Stahlecker, the commander of Einsatzgruppe A. Stahlecker described army...
Rokossovsky Aleksandr Vasilevsky Nikolai Vatutin Adolf Hitler Friedrich Paulus WalterHeitz Petre Dumitrescu Strength 1,143,500 personnel (including reserve) 894...
Salmuth 1888 1962 2nd Army (Wehrmacht) - 15th Army (Wehrmacht) 30 Jan 1943 WalterHeitz 1878 1944 VIII Army Corps (Wehrmacht) 6 July 1943 Eberhard von Mackensen...
when several Soviet tank brigades broke through VIII Corps (General WalterHeitz) in the Volchansk sector, only 19 kilometres (12 mi) from Kharkov. In...
von Vollard-Bockelberg [de], and West Prussia, commanded by general WalterHeitz, were established in conquered Greater Poland and Pomerelia, respectively...
Reichskriegsgericht In office 12 September 1939 – 30 November 1944 Preceded by WalterHeitz Personal details Born (1883-08-28)28 August 1883 Brandenburg, German...
in World War II Gotthard Heinrici – Colonel General in World War II WalterHeitz – Colonel General in World War II Otto Herfurth – major general in World...
his captors. Along with Carl Rodenburg, Hans-Heinrich Sixt von Armin, WalterHeitz, and the 6th Army's Chief of Staff Arthur Schmidt, he was part of the...
J. H. Heitz, 1907. XIII, 441 pages: Ill. Dantes Hölle. Deutsch von L[orenz] Zuckermandel. Straßburg: Printed and published by J. H. Ed. Heitz, 1916....
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German Empire (1898-1918)
Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
Nazi Germany (1933-1944)
German Army