Georg Lindemann

World War II

In 1936, Lindemann was promoted to Major General and given command of 36th Infantry Division, which took part in the 1940 Battle of France. Lindemann was promoted to Lieutenant General and given command of the L Army Corps, which he led in Operation Marita in April 1941.

In June 1941, at the start of Operation Barbarossa, L Corps was part of Army Group North. Lindemann led L corps towards Leningrad. L Corps was briefly shifted to Army Group Centre during the Battle of Smolensk, then returned to Army Group North. L Corps reached the edge of Leningrad in August.

On 16 January 1942, Lindemann took command of the 18th Army, a part of Army Group North. In the summer of 1942, he was promoted to Generaloberst. Lindemann commanded 18th Army in the fighting around Leningrad and the January 1944 retreat to Narva. He was promoted to command of Army Group North on 31 March 1944. On 4 July 1944, he was relieved and transferred to the Reserve Army. On 1 February 1945, he was appointed commander of German occupation troops in Denmark. After German forces surrendered in Denmark on 5 May 1945, Lindemann dismantled the German occupation until 6 June 1945, when he was arrested at his headquarters in Silkeborg. He was held in American custody until 1948. Lindemann died in 1963 in Freudenstadt, West Germany.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (9 September 1914) & 1st Class (28 July 1915)
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (26 September 1939) & 1st Class (30 October 1939)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 5 August 1940 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 36. Infantry-Division
  • Oak Leaves on 21 August 1943 as Generaloberst and commander of the 18.Armee
• The Soviet city of Gatschina near Leningrad was renamed after him in Lindemannstadt between 1942 and 1944.

References

Citations

Bibliography

• {{Cite book |orig-year=1986 |trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945
• {{Cite book |trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z

before=none| after=Generalleutnant Otto-Ernst Ottenbacher| title= Commander of 36. Infanterie-Division| years=1 September 1939 – 25 October 1940 before=None| after=General der Kavallerie Philipp Kleffel| title= Commander of L. Armeekorps| years=10 October 1940 - 19 January 1942 before=Generalfeldmarschall Georg von Küchler| after=General der Artillerie Herbert Loch| title= Commander of 18. Armee| years=16 January 1942 – 29 March 1944 before=Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model| after=Generaloberst Johannes Frießner| title= Commander of *Heeresgruppe Nord *| years=31 March 1944 – 4 July 1944

References

1. Thomas 1998, p. 28.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 239.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 62.