Robert Martinek
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Robert Martinek (2 February 1889 – 28 June 1944) was an Austrian general who served in the
An artillery officer of the
Biography
Martinek was born on 2 February 1889 in Gratzen (now Nové Hrady, Czech Republic),[1] where his father was a brewer. Enlisting in the army of Austria-Hungary in 1907, he was promoted to Leutnant in 1910, Oberleutnant in 1914, and to Hauptmann in 1917 for outstanding bravery. Serving with the Bundesheer after World War I, he taught at (and during the 1930s, headed) the Austrian military's Artillery School, reaching the rank of Oberst by the time of the Anschluss. In Austrian service, he made a number of artillery innovations, including new ranging and firing methods as well as a namesake sight adjustment system.[2]
During
In June 1944, the XXXIX Panzer Corps was assigned to
His notes from World War I were published as Kriegstagebuch eines Batterie-Kommandanten 1914–1918 in 1976; he was also the subject of a book by Erich Dethleffsen.[2]
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 September 1939) & 1st Class (20 May 1940)[4]
- German Cross in Gold on 21 March 1943 as commander of XXXIX Panzer Corps[5]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
References
Citations
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 [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
- Egger, Rainer (1990). "Martinek, Robert". Neue Deutsche Biographie. Vol. 16. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 293–294. ISBN 3-428-00197-4.
- Glantz, David. When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler, 1995.
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
- Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.
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