Karl Arndt

Karl Hermann Arndt (10 March 1892 – 30 December 1981) was a German general in the Wehrmacht 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.

Karl Arndt
Born(1892-03-10)10 March 1892
Groß Kauer, District of Glogau, Province of Silesia, German Empire
present-day Kurów Wielki, Poland
Died30 December 1981(1981-12-30) (aged 89)
Langenholthausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Allegiance German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 Nazi Germany
Service/branchArmy (Wehrmacht)
Years of service1911–45
RankGeneralleutnant
Commands held293rd Infantry Division
359th Infantry Division
XXXIX Panzer Corps
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Awards and decorations
  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (3 October 1914) 1st Class (26 January 1918)[1]
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (31 December 1934)[2]
  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 1st Class (2 October 1936)[2]
  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (27 October 1939) & 1st Class (17 June 1940)[1]
  • German Cross in Gold on 2 July 1944 as Generalleutnant in the 359. Infanterie-Division[3]
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
    • Knight's Cross on 23 January 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 511[4]
    • Oak Leaves on 1 February 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 359. Infanterie-Division[5]
gollark: Did you just randomly decide to calculate that?
gollark: Well, you can, or also "it would have about the same mass as the atmosphere".
gollark: Wikipedia says that spider silk has a diameter of "2.5–4 μm", which I approximated to 3μm for convenience, so a strand has a 1.5μm radius. That means that its cross-sectional area (if we assume this long thing of spider silk is a cylinder) is (1.5e-6)², or ~7e-12. Wikipedia also says its density is about 1.3g/cm³, which is 1300kg/m³, and that the observable universe has a diameter of 93 billion light-years (8.8e26 meters). So multiply the length of the strand (the observable universe's diameter) by the density of spider silk by the cross-sectional area of the strand and you get 8e18 kg, while the atmosphere's mass is about 5e18 kg, so close enough really.
gollark: Okay, so by mass it actually seems roughly correct.
gollark: So, spider silk comes in *very* thin strands and is somewhat denser than water, interesting.

References

Citations
  1. Thomas 1997, p. 8.
  2. Thomas & Wegmann 1987, p. 99.
  3. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 17.
  4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 101.
  5. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 80.

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.
  • 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; Wegmann, Günter (1987). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 1: A–Be [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 1: A–Be] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-1153-2.
  • Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.
Military offices
Preceded by
Generalleutnant Werner Forst		 Commander of 293. Infanterie-Division
10 January 1943 – 2 November 1943		 Succeeded by
Unit Disbanded
Preceded by
Formed from 293. Infanterie-Division		 Commander of 359. Infanterie-Division
20 November 1943 – 25 April 1945		 Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
General der Panzertruppe Karl Decker		 Commander of XXXIX. Panzerkorps
25 April 1945 – 8 May 1945		 Succeeded by
None
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