Theodor Busse (December 15, 1897 - October 21, 1986) was a General in the German Wehrmacht during the World War II.
Born in Frankfurt am der Oder , he joined the German army as an officer cadet in 1915, and was commissioned in February 1917. Seeing action in World War I , after the armistice he was accepted into the new Reichswher where he steadily rose in rank. During the World War II he served as the chief of staff to Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein in the 11th Army and later Army Group South, in this position he was awarded the Knight's Cross on January 30, 1944. On January 9, 1945 he became the commander of the 9th Army in the defense of Berlin.
After the war he was West Germany's director of civil defense, and wrote and edited a number of works on the military history of World War II.
