Otto von Knobelsdorff (31 March 1886 – 21 October 1966) was a General der Panzertruppe of Nazi Germany during World War II.
Biography[]
Otto von Knobelsdorff was born on 31 March 1886 in Berlin, Prussia, German Empire. He joined the Imperial German Army in 1905 and served in World War I, and during World War II he led the 19th Panzer Division and the German X Corps. Knobelsdorff fought at the 1943 Battle of Belgorod and elsewhere on the front against the USSR, but in 1944 his division was sent West and fought at the Battle of Metz against the United States. On 6 April 1945 he was captured by the US Army and released in 1947, dying in 1966.