Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen

Adolf-Fiedrich Kuntzen
Kuntzen (kneeling) poses with a Panzerschreck in France in 1944
Born	(1889-07-26)26 July 1889 Magdeburg
Died	10 July 1964(1964-07-10) (aged 74) Hannover, Lower Saxony
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1909–44
Rank	General der Panzertruppe
Commands held	LXXXI Army-Corps
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

General Adolf-Fiedrich Kuntzen (26 July 1889 – 10 July 1964) was a German general (General der Panzertruppe) in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the LXXXI Army-Corps under Erwin Rommel in Normandy in 1944.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 June 1940 as Generalleutnant and commander of 8. Panzer-Division^[1]^[2]

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 8th Panzer Division

Stab	Erich Brandenberger¹ (Oak Leaves) Gottfried Fröhlich Heinrich Hax (Oak Leaves) Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen

Units	Wilhelm Crisolli Werner Friebe Erich Fronhöfer Walter Neumann-Silkow Ernst-Georg Kedzia³ (Oak Leaves) Hans Freiherr von Wolff(Oak Leaves)

¹ Oak Leaves with XXIX Army Corps. ³ Knight's Cross with the 93rd Infantry Division.

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