Hans-Heinrich Sixt von Armin (6 November 1890 – 1 April 1952) was a Generalleutnant of the German Wehrmacht during World War II.
Biography[]
Hans-Heinrich Sixt von Armin was born in Stettin, Pomerania, German Empire (present-day Szeczin, Poland) on 6 November 1890, the son of the World War I general Friedrich Sixt von Armin. Hans-Heinrich entered the Imperial German Army in 1909 and served in the war, and he remained in the Reichswehr after 1918. During World War II, he led the German 113th Infantry Division, fighting in the battle of France and Operation Barbarossa. In 1943, he was captured by the Soviet Red Army after the Battle of Stalingrad, and he died in a Soviet POW camp at Krasnogorsk on 1 April 1952 at the age of 61.