Siegfried Carl Theodor Westphal (18 March 1902 – 2 July 1982) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II.
Upon the outbreak of the war, Westphal, then a major, served as the operations officer 58th Infantry Division.
[1] In 1941, he was promoted to Oberstleutnant and attached to the staff of Erwin Rommel in June of that year.
[1] He served as operations officer under Rommel and chief of staff under Kesselring and Rundstedt.
Westphal surrendered to the American troops in May 1945 and acted as a witness at the Nuremberg Trials.