Ludwig Schulz

Ludwig Schulz
Born	4 August 1896 Lissa
Died	10 December 1966(1966-12-10) (aged 70) Mülheim
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1920) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Deutsches Heer (1914–18) Reichswehr (1918–20) Luftwaffe (1935–45)
Years of service	1914–20 1935–45
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands held	I./Kampfgeschwader 76
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Battle of France
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Ludwig Schulz (4 August 1896 – 10 December 1966) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Ludwig Schulz was captured by American troops in May 1945 and was released in 1947.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Sudetenland Medal
• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (14 May 1940)
  • 1st Class (23 May 1940)
• Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black
• Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (8 July 1940)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 16 August 1940 as Major and commander of I./Kampfgeschwader 76
  • 747th Oak Leaves on 19 February 1945 as Generalmajor and of a Kampfgruppe in the Luftkriegsschule 5

References

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 (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Schaulen, Fritjof (2005). Eichenlaubträger 1940 – 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe III Radusch – Zwernemann (in German). Selent, Germany: Pour le Mérite. ISBN 978-3-932381-22-5. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

• Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• Ludwig Schulz @ Axis Biographical Research at the Wayback Machine (archived October 28, 2009)

Military offices
Preceded by Oberst Stefan Fröhlich	Gruppenkommandeur of I.Kampfgeschwader 76 November 1939 – 2 June 1940	Succeeded by Hauptmann Alois Lindmayr