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1. Who was the first German General Officer lost on the Eastern Front since the start of Operation Barbarossa on 22 June 1941?
2. This General opened the account for Waffen-SS General Officer losses on the Eastern Front. He commanded an SS division, which traces its roots from policemen. During Operation Barbarossa, this SS division was part of Army Group North, which advanced towards Leningrad. What is the name of this commander?
3. In September 1941, the Wehrmacht lost the highest-ranking General Officer up to that point. He commanded the 11th Army, which fought in the southern sector of the Eastern Front. The command of the 11th Army was then taken over by Erich von Manstein. What was the name of this fallen General?
4. On 5 December 1941, the Soviets launched the strategic Moscow counter-offensive, which put an end to Operation Barbarossa and resulted in the first major defeat of the Wehrmacht. This resulted in an unusual German General Officer loss by 1941 standards- suicide. Who was this General?
5. This notorious Waffen-SS General commanded Einsatzgruppe A, the infamous death squad, responsible for mass murder of Soviet civilians. In March 1942, this General was mortally wounded by Soviet partisans in the Leningrad region and died afterwards.
6. This General is probably the most famous one lost on the Eastern Front. He commanded the infamous 6th Army at Stalingrad. As his army was on the verge of final collapse, he surrendered himself and his worn out army to the Red Army. Who was he?
7. This General commanded one of the corps of the 6th Army at Stalingrad. When the army was surrounded and was on the verge of collapse, he fled the German lines under fire from his own side. While in Soviet captivity, he became one of the most famous collaborators. What was his name?
8. The loss of the 6th Army at Stalingrad was a catastrophic defeat for the Wehrmacht. For the first time since the start of Operation Barbarossa, German General Officers were not just taken prisoner, they were taken prisoner in huge numbers. How many German Generals in total were taken prisoner at Stalingrad?
9. The encirclement of the 6th Army at Stalingrad and the failure of German relief attempt created conditions for the follow-up series of Soviet offensives in southern Russia during the winter of 1942/43. During these offensives, one of the German units suffered very heavy General Officer losses in a short period of time. Which unit was it?
10. This Waffen-SS General commanded an elite SS division, which traces its roots from concentration camp guard units. In response to the major crisis in southern Russia during the winter of 1942/43, the division was transferred from France to the East, just like many others. It participated in Manstein's Kharkov counter-offensive, during which the General was killed. Who was he?
11. This General commanded Osttruppen, the Eastern Troops, made up from personnel of the occupied territories of the Soviet Union. On 15 November 1943, the General was kidnapped from his own house in the Ukrainian city of Rovno by a well-known Soviet spy. After interrogation, he was killed on one of the surrounding farmsteads. Who was this General?
12. In November 1943, the Kriegsmarine suffered a major loss when the Commanding Admiral of the Black Sea was killed. What was his name?
13. This General commanded a panzer division. He was one of only 27 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds of Nazi Germany. He was nicknamed "Diamonds [his last name]". In January 1944, he was mortally wounded. Who was he?
14. In January 1944, two German corps, consisting of 59,000 personnel, were encircled near the Dnieper in the Korsun Pocket. The command in the pocket was given to one of the two corps commanders, after whose name the encircled forces were named "Gruppe [General's last name]". During the breakout, the General was killed. Who was he?
15. The Soviet 1944 Operation Bagration destroyed Army Group Center, which became the biggest defeat in German military history. 57,000 captured Germans were paraded in Moscow on 17 July 1944, which included 19 captured Generals. What were the overall German General Officer losses (taken prisoner, killed, suicide) during the Operation Bagration from June to August 1944?
16. During Operation Bagration, this General commanded one of the corps of the 4th Army. At the time when his army was encircled in a huge Minsk Pocket, this General was de-facto acting commander of the 4th Army. He surrendered to the Soviets. In captivity, he became an active collaborator and a supposedly staunch communist. Who was it?
17. The Soviet 1944 Jassy-Kishinev Offensive in Romania resulted in the destruction of the German 6th Army for the second time and led to a Romanian Coup, after which Romania left the Axis and joined the Allies. During this offensive, more German Generals were taken prisoner by the Soviets than during the surrender of the 6th Army at Stalingrad and during Operation Bagration.
18. "If I weren't obliged to account for your head in Moscow, I'd have you hanged in the main square of Buda". That's what Soviet Marshal Rodion Malinovsky said to a captured Waffen-SS General, after the surrender of the German forces in the Hungarian capital of Budapest in February 1945, in what is known as the "Danubian Stalingrad" due to the ferocity of fighting. This Waffen-SS General commanded the German forces in Budapest. Who was he?
19. During the Battle of Berlin in April-May 1945, which General was the last commander of the Berlin Defense Area, finally surrendering the German forces in Berlin on 2 May 1945?
20. "The struggle in the west however is over. But there can be no question of surrender to the Bolsheviks". That's what this General Field Marshal said in a message to his troops on 8 May 1945, after hearing of German Instrument of Surrender in Reims. In May 1945, this General commanded Army Group Center in Czechoslovakia, which had well over half a million troops. Who was he?
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