Adolf Heusinger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Adolf Heusinger

German general

Date of Birth: 04-Aug-1897

Place of Birth: Holzminden, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 30-Nov-1982

Profession: military officer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Adolf Bruno Heinrich Ernst Heusinger (August 4, 1897 – November 30, 1982) was a German military officer, whose career spanned the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany and West Germany.
Heusinger joined the German Army as a volunteer in 1915 and later became a professional soldier.
He served as acting Chief of the General Staff of the Army for two weeks in 1944, and was head of the military cartography office when the war ended.
He later became a general for West Germany and served as head of the West German military from 1957 to 1961 as well as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1961 to 1964.