Siegfried Westphal

Siegfried Carl Theodor Westphal (18 March 1902 – 2 July 1982) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II.

Upon the outbreak of the war, Westphal, then a major, served as the operations officer 58th Infantry Division.^[1]

In 1941, he was promoted to Oberstleutnant and attached to the staff of Erwin Rommel in June of that year.^[1] He served as operations officer under Rommel and chief of staff under Kesselring and Rundstedt. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Westphal surrendered to the American troops in May 1945 and acted as a witness at the Nuremberg Trials. He was released in 1947. He wrote a book titled The German Army in the West, which was published in 1952. He appears in a number of interview segments of The World at War.

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 November 1942 as Oberst i.G. and Chef des Generalstabes of Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee ^[2]

References

1. Tucker, Spencer C. (2022). "Westphal, Siegfried (1902–1982)". In Zabecki, David T. (ed.). Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History. Vol. 4. ABC Clio. p. 1456. ISBN 9781598849806.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 360.

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.