Johannes Schulz

Dr. phil. Johannes Schulz
Born	23 October 1892
Died	27 November 1943(1943-11-27) (aged 51) Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Rank	Generalmajor (Posthumously)
Commands held	9th Panzer Division
Battles/wars	World War II Lower Dnieper Offensive †
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Johannes Schulz (23 October 1892 – 27 November 1943) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 9th Panzer Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Schulz was killed on 27 November 1943 north of Kryvyi Rih in the course of the Soviet Lower Dnieper Offensive. He was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 19 September 1943 as Oberst and commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10^[1]

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.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Erwin Jollasse	Commander of 9th Panzer Division 20 October 1943 - 27 November 1943	Succeeded by Oberst Max Sperling

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 9th Panzer Division

Staff	Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt (Oak Leaves) Alfred Ritter von Hubicki Walter Scheller

Units	Wilhelm von Apell Willibald Borowietz² (Oak Leaves) Rudolf von Bünau Hans-Henning Eichert Heinrich Ernst Walter Gorn (Oak Leaves & Swords) Georg Grüner¹ (Oak Leaves) Wilhelm Kohler⁵ (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Püttcher Wilhelm Schmalz⁴ (Oak Leaves) Johannes Schulz Max Sperling Ferdinand Wegerer (Oak Leaves)

¹ Oak Leaves with the 16th Panzer Division. ² Oak Leaves with the 15th Panzer Division. ⁴ Oak Leaves with Panzer Division Hermann Göring). ⁵ Knight's Cross with the 78th Infantry Division.

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