Walter Heitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walter Heitz

German general

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1878

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 09-Feb-1944

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Walter Heitz (8 December 1878 – 9 February 1944) was a German general (Generaloberst) in the Wehrmacht during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
A decorated World War I officer and supporter of Nazism, Heitz advanced rapidly under the Third Reich.
In 1936, he became the president of the Reich Military Court.
At the advanced age of 61, Heitz took command of the VIII Army Corps and participated in the Invasion of Poland, the Battle of France and Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.
Heitz continued to command the VIII Army Corps as part of the 6th Army in the Battle of Stalingrad.
The 6th Army was encircled within the city after Operation Uranus, the Soviet counter-offensive in Stalingrad, and eventually destroyed.
Heitz surrendered the central pocket of German forces in Stalingrad on 31 January 1943 and died as a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union.