Horst Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels
Horst Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels (2 September 1900 – 8 January 1990) was a German general during World War II, commonly referred to as Treusch, but also as Buttlar-Brandenfels.
In 1944, Treusch was Army Operations Chief (
Generalfeldmarschall of the German army during the initial Normandy landings by Allied troops.[1]
He was briefly in command of the 11th Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht from April 1945 until the end of the war in May.
References
- ^ Ryan, Cornelius (1959). The Longest Day (1st ed.). New York: Simon and Schuster. pp. 192–193.
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