General Theodor Busse, Ninth Army's commander, decided to form these veteran troops into a kampfgruppe which could be used as a mobile fire-brigade to halt enemy breakthroughs.
Theodor Fontane | Theodor Mommsen | Theodor Herzl | Carl Theodor Dreyer | Thomas Theodor Heine | Theodor Boveri | Theodor Meynert | Theodor Storm | Theodor Loos | Theodor Leschetizky | Theodor Kittelsen | Theodor Eimer | Theodor Schwenk | Theodor Leutwein | Theodor Kirchner | Theodor Heuss | Theodor Estermann | Theodor Busse | Theodor Anton Ippen | Otto Busse | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg | Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg | Karl Theodor | Johannes Theodor Reinhardt | Fred A. Busse | Theodor Wertheim | Theodor Uppman | Theodor Reuss | Theodor Reik | Theodor Kullak |
Hitler ordered Steiner to attack the northern flank of the huge salient created by Zhukov's breakthrough; and the German Ninth Army, commanded by General Theodor Busse, which had been pushed to the south of the salient, was ordered to attack northward in a pincer attack.
Standing behind Hitler from left to right: General der Artillerie Wilhelm Berlin, Generaloberst Robert Ritter von Greim, Generalmajor Franz Reuß, General der Flakartillerie Job Odebrecht and General der Infanterie Theodor Busse