Helmut Thumm

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Helmut Thumm
25 August 1895 – 13 July 1977
Place of birth	Ravensburg
Place of death	Welzheim
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1914-1945
Rank	General der Infanterie
Commands held	Infanterie-Regiment 56 Jäger-Regiment 56
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Helmut Thumm (25 August 1895 – 13 July 1977) was a German general of infantry, serving during World War II. Born in Ravensburg, Thumm entered service in World War I on August 8, 1914, and earned his commission as a Leutnant on August 2, 1915 in the 125th Infantry Regiment.

Thumm was promoted to Oberst in October 1941, Generalmajor in March 1943, Generalleutnant in September 1943, and General der Infanterie in January 1945.

Thumm commanding the following formations:

I. Bataillon, 75. Infanterie-Regiment on October 1, 1938
56. Jäger-Regiment on June 13, 1940
5. Jäger-Division on January 4, 1943
LXIV. Armeekorps on November 1, 1944

After pulling out Hitler Youth teenagers out of the front lines against orders from above, he was relieved of his command of the LXIV. Armeekorps on January 20, 1945. Captured at the end of the war, Thumm spent some two and half years in an Allied POW camp. Thumm died in 1977 in Welzheim.

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Walther-Peer Fellgiebel (2000), Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5

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Military offices
Preceded by General der Infanterie Otto Lasch	Commander of LXIV. Armeekorps November 1, 1944 - January 21, 1945	Succeeded by General der Artillerie Max Grimmeiß