999th Light Afrika Division (Wehrmacht) - Commanders

Commanders

Commanders were:

  • Oberst Heinz Karl von Rinkleff - October 1942 to 2 Feb 1943 (transferred to Russian front after the surrender at Stalingrad)
  • Generalleutnant Kurt Thomas - From 2 Feb 1943 to 1 Apr 1943) (KIA 1 April 1943 when his plane was shot down en rute to Tunis.)
  • Generalmajor Ernst-Günther Baade - From 2 Apr 1943 to 13 May 1943)

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