Heinz Hellmich

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On 1 April 1942, Hellmich was appointed commander of the 141st Reserve Division. In 1943, he worked with a Soviet defector, Red Army general Andrey Vlasov, and other volunteers from the Soviet Union as "General of the Eastern Troops" (General der Osttruppen), a position he held until early January 1944.Template:Sfn

On 10 January 1944, Hellmich was moved to France and put in a command of the 243rd Infantry Division, a coastal defense division stationed in the Cotentin Peninsula. The division protected the western coast of the Cotentin Peninsula when Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, began on 6 June 1944. Hellmich was killed by 20-millimeter cannon shells during an Allied air attack on 17 June 1944.[1]

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Military offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Commander of 23. Infanterie-Division
1 June 1940 – 17 January 1942 Template:S-ttl/check
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Commander of 141. Reserve-Division
1 April 1942 – 10 December 1942 Template:S-ttl/check
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check General of the Eastern Troops (General der Osttruppen)
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Commander of 243. Infanterie-Division
10 January 1944 – 17 June 1944 Template:S-ttl/check
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  1. Citino, Robert M., "Danger Zone," World War II History, July–August 2016, p. 26.