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Key facts
- Nicknames
- Unser Giftzwerg (lit. "our venomous dwarf"; "our nasty little man")
- Born
- Feodor August Gotthard Heinrici , ( 1886-12-25 ) 25 December 1886, Gumbinnen , Kreis Gumbinnen, Province of East Prussia , German Empire , (present-day Gusev, Gusevsky District , Kaliningrad Oblast , Russia )
- Died
- 10 December 1971 (1971-12-10) (aged 84), Karlsruhe , Baden-Württemberg , West Germany
- Buried
- Bergäcker Cemetery
- Allegiance
- Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire , Weimar Republic , Nazi Germany
- Branch
- Prussian Army , Imperial German Army , Reichsheer , German Army
- Service years
- 1905–1945
- Rank
- Generaloberst
- Commands
- 16th Infantry Division , 14th Company, 13th Württembergish Infantry Regiment, III Battalion, 3rd Prussian Infantry Regiment, XII Army Corps , XXXXIII Army Corps , 4th Army , 1st Panzer Army , Army Group Vistula
- Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Spouse
- ∞ 1920 Gertrude Strupp (1897–1981)
- Children
- 2 children
- Relations
- Georg Heinrici (uncle), Gerd von Rundstedt (cousin)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Gusev
- Place of death
- Freiburg im Breisgau
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Languages spoken
- German
- Award
- Eastern Medal
- Conflict
- Battle of the Seelow Heights
- Military branch
- Imperial German Army
- Military rank
- Generaloberst
- Image
- Gotthard Heinrici.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gotthard Heinrici
- date of birth
- 1886-12-25
- date of death
- 1971-12-13
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- 16th Infantry Division
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- start of work period
- 1905-00-00
- name in native language
- Gotthard Carl Fedor Heinrici
- military unit
- 1st Panzer Army
- P8168
- Gaithersburg
- end of work period
- 1945-00-00
- archives at
- German Federal Archives
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Encyclopedic overview
Feodor August Gotthard Heinrici ( German: [ˈɡɔthaʁt haɪnˈʁiːtsi]; 25 December 1886 – 10 December 1971), a general in the German army during World War II, acquired a reputation as the premier defensive expert of the Wehrmacht. His final command, Army Group Vistula, formed in 1945 from the remnants of Army Group A and Army Group Center to defend Berlin from the Soviet armies advancing from the Vistula River.
Early life and career
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