Eberhard Rodt

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{{Infobox military person

| name = Eberhard Rodt

| birth_date = {{birth date|1895|12|4|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|12|14|1895|12|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Munich, German Empire

| death_place = Munich, West Germany

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| image = Eberhard Rodt.jpg

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| allegiance = {{flag|Nazi Germany}}

| branch = Army (Wehrmacht)

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| rank = Generalleutnant

| commands = 22nd Panzer Division
15th Panzergrenadier Division

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World War II

| awards = Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

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Eberhard Rodt (4 December 1895 – 14 December 1979) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

On 25 August 1941, he took an important role in the German capture of Dnipropetrovsk. Rodt, then a colonel within 13th Panzer Division, seized a Soviet pontoon bridge across the Dnieper river after Red Army forces had destroyed all fortified bridges across the river in the city. Rodt's ad hoc decision allowed German forces to establish a preliminary bridgehead on the east shore of the river, providing cover for the forces of the III Army Corps to begin their crossing.{{Cite book |last=Wettstein, Adrian E. |title=Nazi Policy on the Eastern Front, 1941: Total War, Genocide, and Radicalization |publisher=University of Rochester Press |year=2012 |isbn=9781580464079 |editor1=Kay, Alex J. |pages=45–72; here: 55 |chapter=Urban Warfare Doctrine on the Eastern Front |editor2=Rutherford, Jeff |editor3=Stahel, David}}

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (30 July 1915) & 1st Class (10 August 1918)Thomas 1998, p. 216.
Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class (21 May 1940) & 1st Class (21 May 1940)
German Cross in Gold on 23 August 1942 as Oberst in the 22. Schützen-BrigadePatzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 381.
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Knight's Cross on 25 June 1940 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 25Fellgiebel 2000, p. 293.
Oak Leaves on 28 April 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 15. Panzergrenadier-DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 84.

References

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{{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel

|first=Walther-Peer

|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

|year=2000

|origyear=1986

|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

|trans-title=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

|language=German

|location=Friedberg, Germany

|publisher=Podzun-Pallas

|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6

}}