Hans-Jürgen von Arnim
Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (; 4 April 1889 – 1 September 1962) was a general in the German Wehrmacht of during World War II who commanded several armies. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Early life. Hans-Jürgen Bernhard Theodor von Arnim was born in the town of Ernsdorf in Prussian Silesia on April 4th 1889. His father, Hans von Arnim (1861–1931) was a General in the German Army and Jürgen would follow in his fathers footsteps and join the army in 1907. During the First World War he fought on  both the Western and Eastern fronts and after the war, he remained in the Reichswehr. World War II. When Hitler and the Nazis come to power in 1933 Von Arnim was still in the Reichswehr and continued to serve in the Wehrmacht as a major general. Arnim commanded the 52nd Infantry Division in both the Battles for Poland and France. In October 1940, Arnim was given command of the 17th Panzer Division. Von Arnim took part in Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, and on 1 October 1941, took command of XXXIX Panzer Corps until November 1942. On  20 February 1943 he was appointed commander of the 5th Panzer Army under Erwin Rommel in North Africa, whom he replaced as commander of the Army Group Africa on the 10th March 1943. He surrendered to British forces on 12 May 1943 as a consequence of the successful allied Operation Vulcan. His surrender to the British was a part of Spike Milligan's "" where he was misnamed (whether by accident or on purpose as Milligan eventually used to rename a lot of the characters within his Memoirs so that they or their relations would not be embarrassed by their activities ) as Von Arnheim where Major Chater-Jack makes the announcement of the German defeat stating that "It's over! General Von Arnheim (sic) has surrendered and he is very angry." Von Arnim was interned along with 24 other German general officers at Camp Clinton, Mississippi, and was released on 1 July 1947. He died in 1962 in Bad Wildungen, West Germany. Mistreatment of Jews in Tunisia. The Jewish population of Tunisia was used for forced labour by Arnim to prepare defences against Allied attacks, and the Jewish community was ruthlessly plundered for gold.