Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans

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Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans
23 September 1899 – 10 June 1944
Place of death La Caine, Normandy, France
Allegiance Flag of Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Service/branch Wehrmacht
Rank Generalmajor
Battles/wars World War II
Awards German Cross in Gold

Generalmajor Sigismund-Helmut Konrad Alfred Felix Georg Ritter[1] und Edler von Dawans[1] (23 September 1899 – 10 June 1944)[2] was a general in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the German Cross in Gold on 26 August 1942[2].

Von Dawans was killed during the RAF's attack on Panzer Group West's headquarters at La Caine on 10 June 1944.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Regarding personal names: Ritter is a title, translated as Knight, not a first or middle name. There is no equivalent female form.
  2. ^ Patzwall 2001, p. 79
  • Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit. Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.
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