Helmut Thumm

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 5th Jäger Division on January 4, 1943 LXIV. Armeekorps on November 1, 1944

After pulling 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.

Awards

 * Iron Cross (1914)
 * 2nd Class (26 August 1915)
 * 1st Class (3 July 1918)
 * Cross of Honor
 * Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 1st Class
 * Sudetenland Medal
 * Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (3 June 1940)
 * 1st Class (13 June 1940)
 * Eastern Front Medal
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
 * Knight's Cross on 30 June 1941 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Infantry Regiment 56
 * 166th Oak Leaves on 23 December 1942 as Oberst and commander of Jäger Regiment 56
 * Mention in the Wehrmachtbericht (5 July 1941)