Gotthard Heinrici

Gotthard Heinrici
Heinrici as Generaloberst
Birth name	Gotthard Fedor August Heinrici
Nickname(s)	Unser Giftzwerg (lit. "our venomous dwarf"; "our nasty little man")
Born	(1886-12-25)25 December 1886 Gumbinnen, Kreis Gumbinnen, Province of East Prussia, German Empire (present-day Gusev, Gusevsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)
Died	10 December 1971(1971-12-10) (aged 84) Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Buried	Bergäcker Cemetery
Allegiance	German Empire  Kingdom of Prussia (1905–1918)  Weimar Republic (1918–1933)  Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
Branch	Imperial German Army  Prussian Army  Reichsheer  German Army
Years of service	1905–1945
Rank	Generaloberst
Commands	16th Infantry Division 14th Company, 13th Württembergish Infantry Regiment III Battalion, 3rd Prussian Infantry Regiment XII Army Corps XXXXIII Army Corps 4th Army 1st Panzer Army Army Group Vistula
Battles / wars	See battles World War I Western Front German invasion of Belgium (1914) Battle of Verdun (1916) Eastern Front East Prussian Campaign First Battle of the Masurian Lakes (1914) Battle of Łódź (1914) World War II Western Front Battle of France Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok-Minsk (1941) First Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Moscow (1941) Orsha offensives (1943) Battle of the Dukla Pass (1944) Battle of Berlin (1945) Battle of the Oder-Neisse (1945) Battle of the Seelow Heights (1945)
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Relations	Georg Heinrici (uncle) Gerd von Rundstedt (cousin)
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Gotthard Fedor August Heinrici (German: [ˈɡɔthaʁt haɪnˈʁiːtsi]; 25 December 1886 – 10 December 1971)^[1] was a German general during World War II. Heinrici is considered to have been the premier defensive expert of the Wehrmacht. His final command was Army Group Vistula, formed from the remnants of Army Group A and Army Group Center to defend Berlin from the Soviet armies advancing from the Vistula River.