Born in a Croatian family (the Croatian spelling of the surname is Rendulić). He was colonel general in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. Her youth
Rendulic entered the Austro-Hungarian army in 1910 and served during the First World War.
Rendulic joined the Austrian Nazi Party in 1932. He joined the diplomatic corps and served as military attache in London and Paris from 1933 to 1935. He was removed from diplomatic duty in 1936 because his early membership in the Nazi party was considered undesirable by a Diplomat.
Second World War
Rendulic was recalled to the Wehrmacht in 1938. Until 1940, he served as acting general officer commanding the 14th Division. From 1940 to 1942, he served as a general officer commanding the 52nd Division. From 1942 to 1943, he served as a general officer commanding the 35th Corps. But in 1943, Lothar Rendulic was held in the reserve.
Yugoslavia
From 1943 to 1944, he served as general officer commanding Panzer's 2nd Army. In early 1944, the German dictator Adolf Hitler ordered him to devise a plan to capture the Yugoslav partisan leader, Josip Broz Tito (Tito). The raid on Drvar was launched later on May 25, 1944. The German paratroopers stormed the headquarters in Drvar (western Bosnia) looking for Tito. They almost succeeded in capturing it, but missed it.
Finland and Norway
From 1944 to 1945, he served as a general officer commanding the 20th Mountain Army. In June 1944 he was appointed commander of the German troops stationed in Finland and Norway. After the beginning of the Lapland War, Rendulic ordered the Finnish town of Rovaniemi to be burned as revenge against the Finns who demanded a separate peace with the USSR. He also ordered the practice of burnt-earth policy when the Germans retreated from northern Norway. The people were left homeless and without food.
Eastern Front
In 1945, Rendulic served as commander-in-chief of the Army Courland group. At this point in the war, the Courland Army group was completely cut off in Courland's pocket. Later in the same year he briefly served as commander-in-chief of the North Army Group, still as commander of the Courland Army Group, and as commander of the Southern Army Group. In May 1945, during the Prague offensive, Lothar was finishing his military service as commander-in-chief of the Ostmark Army Group.
Imprisonment and death
Rendulic was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment as a member of Wilhelm's list from 1947 to 1948. He was also convicted for his involvement in the Wehrmacht attacks on Yugoslav civilians and for crimes committed as a result of His orders during the Lapland War. In 1951, Rendulic's sentence was reduced to 10 years. After his release, Rendulic worked as an author. He did this for the last 20 years of his life. He died at Eferding in Austria on 18 January 1971.
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