Friedrich Dollmann

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Friedrich Dollmann
2 February 1882 – 30 June 1944
Place of birth	Würzburg
Place of death	France
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Rank	Generaloberst
Commands held	7. Armee
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Friedrich Dollmann (February 2, 1876 - June 30, 1944) was a German general during World War II, most notably serving during the early phases of the D-Day Invasion.

Born in 1876, Dollmann remained in the Reichswehr following service in World War I eventually commanding Mobilization District Wehrkreis IV by 1936. Promoted to generaloberst shortly after the start of World War II, Dollmann was given command of the German Seventh Army which he led during the six week campaign against France. Assigned to occupation duty, Dollmann remained in France overseeing the defense of Brittany and Normandy in 1944. Expecting the Allied invasion in early-June, Dollmann lowered the alert conditions after worsening weather conditions on June 4. Attending a map exercise during June 5-6, his command in Normandy took much of the early casualties during the initial Allied assault. Dollmann would continue to resist the Allied attack until his death of a heart attack on June 30, 1944, after learning he was going to be court martialed because of the fall of Cherbourg.

[edit] Awards

• Iron Cross (1914) II. and I. Class
• Bavarian Prinz-Regent-Luitpold Jubiläums-Medaille
• Military Merit Order (Bavaria) IV. Class with Swords
• Military Merit Cross (Bavaria) II. Class
• Cross of Honor
• Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. to I. Class
• 1939 Clasp of the Iron Cross II. and I. Class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross (24 June 1940)
  • Oak Leaves (1 July 1944)

[edit] References

• Harrison, George A., Cross-Channel Attack. The United States Army in World War II: The European Theater of Operations, 1951. Reprint, Washington, D.C., 1970.
• Ryan, Corneilius. The Longest Day, New York, 1949.

Military offices
Preceded by none	Commander of 7. Armee August 25, 1939 - June 28, 1944	Succeeded by Waffen SS General Paul Hausser