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Horst Julius Freiherr [Baron] Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels (14 August 1888 – 3 April 1962) was a German general.
In 1944, Buttlar-Brandenfels was Army Operations Chief (OKW Major-General) and played a major role in not releasing the panzer reserves (Panzer Lehr and 12th SS Divisions) requested by Gerd von Rundstedt, who was Generalfeldmarschall of the German army during the initial Normandy landings by Allied troops. [1]
He was the commander of Frankfurt Airport at the end of World War II.
[edit] Medals
Buttlar-Brandenfels was awarded the Pour le Mérite on 9 April 1918 for his service as the commander of Zeppelin L-54.
Other distinctions awarded him were:
- Eisernes Kreuz (1914) II. und I. Klasse [2]
- Ritterkreuz des Königlichen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern [2]
- Hanseatenkreuz[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Ryan, Cornelius (1959). The Longest Day (1st ed.). New York: Simon and Schuster. pp. 192-193.
- ^ a b c Rangliste der Kaiserlich Deutschen Marine, Publisher: Marinekabinett, Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, Berlin 1918, page 47.
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