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Meinrad von Lauchert (Potsdam, 29 August 1905 – Stuttgart, 4 December 1987) was a German general, a skilled officer of the Wehrmacht distinguished himself particularly during the Second World War where he was decorated with the second and first -class iron cross and the cross of Knight of the iron cross with oak leaves. Quoted in Wehrmachtbericht on October 25, 1944.

He was born in Potsdam on August 29, 1905, [first] To undertake his military career, enlisting himself as Fahnenjunker in the Reichsheer on April 1, 1924, assigned to 5. (Puußische) Reiter-regiment stationed in Stolp, framed in the 1. Kavallerie-Division. [first] The military hierarchies rapidly undermined, being promoted Fähnrich on August 1, 1928, Oberfähnrich on August 1, 1929, Leutnant on February 1, 1931 and Obberleutnant on July 1, 1933. After the advent of the Nazi party in power, in 1935 he passed through the Wehrmacht, being promoted to Hauptmann on March 1, 1937.
On the eve of the outbreak of the Second World War he commanded the 2nd company of 35. Panzer-regiment, [first] being promoted commander of the first battalion on the first day of the invasion of Poland, [first] In Sostituzione Dello Hauptmann Hans Stenglein [N 1] He had been seriously injured in the head. In the 35 ranks [2] At the command of the General Der Panzertrupe Dietrich von Saucken, he took part in the campaign against Poland and the subsequent battle of France. [first] Promoted major [2] On April 1, 1941, he took part in the initial stages of the Barbarossa operation [2] Distinguishing himself particularly, so much so that he is decorated with the rider of the rider of the Iron Cross on August 8 of the same year. Noticed by Generaloberst Heinz Guderian and General Der Panzertrupe Heinrich Eberbach, when the new SD.Kfz tank was placed in service. 171 Panther, [3] He was intended for the command of 39. Panzer-regiment equipped with the first two battalions with Panther. [4] Adolf Hitler himself, in the summer of 1943, ordered to delay the attack on Kursk until the new floats were fully operational. Promoted Oberstleutnant on August 1, 1943, he was appointed commander [5] of 15. Panzer-Regiment [first] of the 11. Panzer-Division, then in command of the General Der Panzertrupe Hermann Balck. Promoted Oberst on February 1, 1944 and decorated with the oak branches on the rider of the rider of the iron cross, [5] In the summer of 1944 he was appointed commander of the Panzer Brigade 101, a new unit created specifically to be destined to operate on the eastern front, and together with General Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz he worked in order to restore the connection between the groups of Armies of the North e of the Middle.

A specimen of Panzerkampfwagen V (Ausf. A) preserved at the Panzermuseum in Munster.

The day before the start of the attack on the Ardenne was appointed commander [5] of the 2. Panzer-Division, [6] assigned to the XXXXVII Panzer Korps, [7] with which December 16th [5] 1944 attacked the American lines in the Moselle sector. When the German offensive stopped on December 23, [8] His men had reached the deepest penetration point reached in the territory held by the allies, just nine kilometers from the mosa. [8] Subsequently, the 2. Panzer-Division continually fought in rear actions against US forces, which pushed the division to cross the German border. During the fighting of February and March 1945, the division ceased to exist and the survivors reached the Rhine River in search of a safe point of view. Promoted Generalmajor [9] On March 1, 1945 he ordered his men to head east in small groups, and crossed the Rhine [9] March 20 [9] With a small number of people and, apparently discouraged of the desperate situation, he abandoned [9] The army reaching his home in Bamberga on foot, where before the war he was a garrison on 35. Panzer-regiment. [9] After the end of the war he was arrested and imprisoned on May 1, 1945, to be tried for war crimes, but was judged innocent and freed in 1947. [9] Having retired to private life in Stuttgart together with his wife, he died at the age of 81 on November 4, 1987. [9] He is buried with his wife Hedwig, who died 79 years old, in the Möhringen cemetery, a suburb of Stuttgart. [9]

He actively participated in the making of the film The battle of the giants in 1965 as a technical and historical consultant.

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  1. ^ Also general future.

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  1. ^ a b c d It is f g Mitcham 2008, p. 144 .
  2. ^ a b c Forczyk 2014, p. 121 .
  3. ^ Forczyk 2017, p. 42 .
  4. ^ Forczyk 2017, p. 23 .
  5. ^ a b c d Mitcham 2007, p. 63 .
  6. ^ Cole 1965, p. 180 .
  7. ^ Mitcham 2007, p. 53 .
  8. ^ a b Cole 1965, p. 563 .
  9. ^ a b c d It is f g h Mitcham 2007, p. 164 .
  10. ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 496 .
  11. ^ a b Thomas 1998, p. 15 .
  12. ^ Patzwall, Scherzer 2001, p. 270 .
  • ( IN ) Hugh M. Cole, The Ardennes: Battle of the Budge , Washington, D.C., Office of teh Chief of Military History Department of the Army, 1965.
  • ( IN ) Joseph Forczyk, Kursk 1943: The Southern Front , Botley, Osprey Publishing Company, 2017, ISBN 1-47281-692-7.
  • ( IN ) Joseph Forczyk, Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front 1941-1942: Focus , Barnsley, Pen & Sword Military, 2014, ISBN 1-78159-008-7.
  • ( OF ) Klaud D. Patdomal a VIIZE Scheerzer, The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Owner Volume II , Norderstedt, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001, ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
  • ( OF ) Veit Scherzer, The Knight Cross carriers 1939–1945 The owners of the Knight Cross of the Iron Cross in 1939 by Heer, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and with Germany allied forces according to the documents of the Federal Archives , Jena, Schers Syster Miltaer-Publiser, 2007, ISBN 978-39,93885-175-175-175
  • ( OF ) Franz Thomas, The oak leaves 1939–1945 Volume 2: L – Z , Osnabrück, Biblio-Verlag, 1998, ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.
  • ( IN ) Samuel W. Mitcham jr., Panzers in Winter: Hitler’s Army And the Battle of the Bulge , Mechanichsburg, Stackpole Books, 2007.
  • ( IN ) Samuel W. Mitcham Jr., Panzer Commanders of the Western Front: German Tank Generals in World War II , Mechanichsburg, Stackpole Books, 2008, ISBN 0-81174-922-3.

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