Georg von Bismarck

World War II North African Campaign Georg von Bismarck (15 February 1891 – 31 August 1942) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions.

During World War II, Bismarck took part in the Invasion of Poland in September 1939.

During the Battle of France in 1940, he commanded a motorized infantry regiment of Erwin Rommel's 7th Panzer Division.

He led the division during Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern Front as a part of Army Group Centre.

Generalmajor von Bismarck was killed by a mine while leading the 21st Panzer Division in the Battle of Alam el Halfa on 31 August 1942.

Bismarck and Rommel discuss dispositions of the 21st Panzer Division while Fritz Bayerlein looks on