Walther Schroth

Walther Schroth
Walther Schroth
Born	3 June 1882; Glumbowitz, German Empire
Died	6 October 1944 (aged 62); Wiesbaden, Nazi Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918); Weimar Republic (to 1933); Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Years of service	1902–44
Rank	General of the Infantry
Commands	1st Infantry Division; XII Army Corps
Battles / wars	<World War I ----- World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland; Battle of France; Operation Barbarossa; Defense of Brest Fortress; Battle of Białystok–Minsk; Battle of Kiev (1941); Yelnya Offensive; Battle of Moscow;
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Walther Schroth (3 June 1882 – 6 October 1944) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Schroth served on the "Court of Military Honour," a drumhead court-martial that expelled many of the officers involved in the 20 July Plot from the Army before handing them over to the People's Court. Schroth died in an auto accident in October 1944.

Awards and decorations

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.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalmajor Georg von Küchler	Commander of 1. Infanterie-Division 1 April 1935 – 1 January 1938	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Joachim von Kortzfleisch
Preceded by None	Commander of XII. Armeekorps 4 February 1938 – 9 April 1940	Succeeded by Generaloberst Gotthard Heinrici
Preceded by Generaloberst Gotthard Heinrici	Commander of XII. Armeekorps 17 June 1940 – 19 February 1942	Succeeded by General der Infanterie Walther Graeßner