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Lothar Rendulic | |
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| Born | 23 October 1887 Wiener Neustadt, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 17 January 1971 (aged 83) Fraham near Eferding, Austria |
| Allegiance |  Austria-Hungary Austria Nazi Germany |
| Service | Austro-Hungarian Army Austrian Armed Forces German Army |
| Rank | Oberst (Austria) Generaloberst (Germany) |
| Commands | 2nd Panzer Army 20th Mountain Army Army Group Courland Army Group North Army Group Ostmark |
| Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
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Lothar Rendulic (Croatian: Rendulić; 23 October 1887 – 17 January 1971)[1][2] was an Austrian army group commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Rendulic was one of three Austrians who rose to the rank of Generaloberst (colonel general) in the German armed forces. The other two were Romanian-born Alexander Löhr and Erhard Raus from Moravia.
Rendulic was tried at the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials in 1948. Though acquitted of deliberate scorched earth tactics in Finland during the Lapland War, he was convicted of killing hostages in Yugoslavia at the Hostages Trial and imprisoned. After his release in 1951 he took up writing.
- ^ Lothar Rendulić (1965): Soldat in stürzenden Reichen. Munich: Damm, p. 73 and 292. His birth date is sometimes erroneously mentioned as 23 November 1887.
- ^ Rudolf Neck, Adam Wandruszka, Isabella Ackerl (ed.) (1980): Protokolle des Ministerrates der Ersten Republik, 1918–1938, Abteilung VIII, 20. Mai 1932 bis 25. Juli 1934. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Staatsdruckerei, p. 649.