{{Short description|German general (1891–1942)}} __NOTOC__ {{Infobox military person |name=Gerhard Berthold |birth_date=12 March 1891 |death_date={{death date and age|1942|4|14|1891|3|12|df=y}} |birth_place=Schneeberg |death_place=Kaluga Oblast, Soviet Union |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|German Empire}} <br>{{flag|Weimar Republic}} <br>{{flag|Nazi Germany}} |branch=Army |service_years=<!--- 1913–42 ---> |rank=''Generalleutnant'' (Posthumously) |commands=31st Infantry Division<br>XXXXIII Army Corps |unit= |battles=World War I<br> World War II <!---*Annexation of the Sudetenland *Invasion of Poland *Battle of Belgium *Battle of France *Battle of Białystok–Minsk *Battle of Smolensk (1941) *Battle of Moscow---> |awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |other_work= }}
'''Gerhard Berthold''' (12 March 1891 – 14 April 1942) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Berthold was killed on 14 April 1942 in Zaytseva Gora, Russia. He was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant.
==Awards and decorations== <!--- * Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class & 1st Class * Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 * Sudetenland Medal * Wound Badge (1939) in Silver * Eastern Front Medal---> * Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (15 September 1939) & 1st Class (1 October 1939)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p440">Thomas & Wegmann 1987, p. 440.</ref> * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 December 1941 as ''Generalmajor'' and commander of 31. Infanterie-Division<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 111.</ref>
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===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book |last=Fellgiebel |first=Walther-Peer |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |year=2000 |orig-date=1986 |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches |language=German |location=Friedberg, Germany |publisher=Podzun-Pallas |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6 }} * {{Cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Franz |last2=Wegmann |first2=Günter |year=1987 |title=Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 1: A–Be |trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 1: A–Be |language=German |location=Osnabrück, Germany |publisher=Biblio-Verlag |isbn=978-3-7648-1153-2 }} {{refend}} {{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box |before=Generalmajor Kurt Kalmukoff |after=Oberst Friedrich Hoßbach |title= Commander of 31. Infanterie-Division |years=13 August 1941 – 20 January 1942 }} {{succession box |after=General der Infanterie Kurt Brennecke |before=General der Infanterie Gotthard Heinrici |title= Commander of XXXXIII Army Corps |years=20 January 1942 - 1 February 1942 }} {{s-end}}
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