Helmut Thumm

Infobox Military Person
name=Helmut Thumm
lived=25 August 1895 – 13 July 1977
placeofbirth=Ravensburg
placeofdeath=Welzheim


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire (to 1918)
flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Heer
serviceyears=1914-1945
rank=General der Infanterie
commands=Infanterie-Regiment 56
Jäger-Regiment 56
unit=
battles=World War I
World War II
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
laterwork=

Helmut Thumm (25 August 1895 – 13 July 1977) was a German general of infantry, serving during World War II. Born in Ravensburg, Thumm entered service in World War I on August 8, 1914, and earned his commission as a Leutnant on August 2, 1915 in the 125th Infantry Regiment.

Thumm was promoted to Oberst in October 1941, Generalmajor in March 1943, Generalleutnant in September 1943, and General der Infanterie in January 1945.

Thumm commanding the following formations:

I. Bataillon, 75. Infanterie-Regiment on October 1, 1938
56. Jäger-Regiment on June 13, 1940
5. Jäger-Division on January 4, 1943
LXIV. Armeekorps on November 1, 1944

After pulling out Hitler Youth teenagers out of the front lines against orders from above, he was relieved of his command of the "LXIV. Armeekorps" on January 20, 1945. Captured at the end of the war, Thumm spent some two and half years in an Allied POW camp. Thumm died in 1977 in Welzheim.

References

* Walther-Peer Fellgiebel (2000), "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5

External links

* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/T/ThummH.htm Helmut Thumm @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht]
* [http://www.specialcamp11.fsnet.co.uk/General%20der%20Infanterie%20Hellmuth%20Thumm.htm Helmut Thumm @ ISLAND FARM SPECIAL CAMP: XI POWS HELD AT BRIDGEND]