Ludwig Schulz

Ludwig Schulz
Born	4 August 1896 Lissa
Died	10 December 1966 (aged 70) Mülheim
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1920)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Deutsches Heer (1914–18) Reichswehr (1918–20) Luftwaffe (1935–45)
Years of service	1914–20 1935–45
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	I./Kampfgeschwader 76
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Battle of France
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Ludwig Schulz (4 August 1896 – 10 December 1966) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Ludwig Schulz was captured by American troops in May 1945 and was released in 1947.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Sudetenland Medal
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (14 May 1940)^[1]
  • 1st Class (23 May 1940)^[1]
• Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
• Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (8 July 1940)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 16 August 1940 as Major and commander of I./Kampfgeschwader 76^[2]
  • 747th Oak Leaves on 19 February 1945 as Generalmajor and of a Kampfgruppe in the Luftkriegsschule 5^[3]

References

Citations

1. Thomas 1998, p. 303.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 319.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 81.

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Schaulen, Fritjof (2005). Eichenlaubträger 1940 – 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe III Radusch – Zwernemann [Oak Leaves Bearers 1940 – 1945 Contemporary History in Color III Radusch – Zwernemann] (in German). Selent, Germany: Pour le Mérite. ISBN 978-3-932381-22-5.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.

External links

• Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• Ludwig Schulz @ Axis Biographical Research at the Wayback Machine (archived October 28, 2009)