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Tippelskirch himself was at the time outside the pocket and escaped capture. On 18 July 1944 he suffered severe injuries in a plane crash. On 30 July he received the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves for his achievements in the fighting at Mogilev.
On 28 June 1944, he was killed in action near Mogilev in Russia as a Major in the General Staff (see Hitler Moves East 1941-1943 by Paul Carell for an account of Oberleutnant von Tippelskirch’s heroism during the early stages of the Russian Campaign).
In July 1944, Tippelskirch was badly injured in a plane crash and was invalided back to Germany. After recovering he was sent to Italy where he took command of the 14th Army. On 26th December 1944, Tippelskirch launched Operation Winter Thunderstorm.
He died in 1957. Kurt Oskar Heinrich Ludwig Wilhelm von Tippelskirch was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several armies and Army Group Vistula. He surrendered to the United States Army on 2 May 1945.
Tippelskirch, von, Kurt Oskar Heinrich Ludwig W. Battle of Berlin. Date of birth: October 9th, 1891 (Charlottenburg, Germany) Date of death: May 10th, 1957 (Lüneburg, Germany) Nationality: German. Biography.
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