Wikipedia says he retired from The Wehrmacht in July, 1944. Looks like he was about 61 years old. Would he ...or any General in good standing... been able to "retire" at that time.? Wiki is very vague, just says he retired. Thank You
Lueters was transferred 3 times to the "Führerreserve" and otherwise mainly deployed behind the front or at secondary war theaters Found this snippet about his time in Yugoslavia: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13518046.2011.624878?journalCode=fslv20 All this does not necessarily speak for a particularly capable general, which would then explain his relatively early retirement from active service
Are you sure you do not mean Rudolf Lüters ? born 10 May 1883, died as a POW on 24 December 1945 in Krasnogorsk. In German sometimes Rudolf is called Rolf Stefan.
Well.................. you can survive a car crash, and then be killed in a plane crash the following year It is the same guy.
Interesting what happened in Krasnogorsk after the war and during the Cold War Times, see below Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast - Wikipedia
Th card file for Rudolf Lüters (Bundesarchiv PERS 6/300161). His son Wolf was killed during Operation Crusader while serving as a Leutnant in Schützen-Rgt 115.
Thank you, this is very informative! Interestingly, the assessments up to 02.10.43 (v. Weichs) are remarkably benevolent, then, however, with regard to age and wounding in WWI, his usability is consistently questioned Basically he seems to have always led his subordinated troops very well - but this does not necessarily mean that he was also successful in battle. I know a few such cases - practically useless at the front, but valuable and appreciated in training, for example. That he was discharged in 1944, however, seems a bit strange in this context.