Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans

Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans
Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans
Born	23 September 1899; Erfurt, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	June 10, 1944 (aged 44); La Caine, Occupied France
Buried	La Cambe German war cemetery
Allegiance	German Empire; Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Wehrmacht
Rank	Generalmajor
Battles/wars	First World War; Second World War Western Front Operation Overload Raid on La Caine †; ; ;
Awards	German Cross in Gold

Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans (23 September 1899 – 10 June 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War and a recipient of the German Cross in Gold on 26 August 1942.^[1]

Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans was born on 23 September 1899 in Erfurt.^[2] He married Ingeborg Hane on 6 April 1923.

Dawans, the chief-of-staff of Panzergruppe West (General Geyr von Schweppenburg), was killed during the raid by the Royal Air Force (RAF) attack on La Caine, the Panzergruppe HQ, on 10 June 1944.^[3]

References[edit]

Citations

^ Patzwall 2001, p. 79
^ Rohrer, Christian (2006). Nationalsozialistische Macht in Ostpreussen. Meidenbauer. p. 567. ISBN 9783899750546.
^ Lieb, Peter (2007). Konventioneller Krieg oder NS-Weltanschauungskrieg?. Walter de Gruyter. p. 566. ISBN 978-3-486-70741-0.

Bibliography

Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients] (in German). Vol. II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
Otto von Knobelsdorff, Geschichte der niedersächsischen 19. Panzer-Division 1939–1945, Podzun, 1958, 312 pages (2nd printing 1988)
Rolf Hinze, Die 19. Panzer-Division 1939–1945 (Bildband), Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, 1982, 176 pages

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[1] Patzwall 2001, p. 79

[2] Rohrer, Christian (2006). Nationalsozialistische Macht in Ostpreussen. Meidenbauer. p. 567. ISBN 9783899750546.

[3] Lieb, Peter (2007). Konventioneller Krieg oder NS-Weltanschauungskrieg?. Walter de Gruyter. p. 566. ISBN 978-3-486-70741-0.

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