Gerd Schmückle, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerd Schmückle

German general officer and author

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1917

Place of Birth: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 28-May-2013

Profession: military personnel, non-fiction writer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Gerd Schmückle (1 December 1917 – 28 May 2013) was a German four-star general.
Schmückle served in the 7th Panzer Division under Erwin Rommel during the Fall of France.
With this division he later fought in the Soviet Union where he was wounded six times.
In early 1944, he was promoted to the German General Staff, major and artillery battalion commander.
After the surrender of the Wehrmacht in 1945 he operated a farm in Bavaria and worked as a journalist.
In 1956, he joined the Bundeswehr where he was promoted to general in 1978.From 1978 to 1980 he was Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, the first German to hold the post.