Georg Stumme(Halberstadt, 29 July of 1886 to 24 October of 1942) was a German general during World War II, having participated in the Second Battle of El Alamein.

He was an officer cadet in 1906 and attained the rank of Lieutenant the following year. He continued his military career after the First World War, achieving the rank of Oberst on 1 August 1933, General Major on 1 August 1936 and General Lieutenant on 1 April, 1938.

Stumme had the rank of General Lieutenant when he heard the beginning of World War II, having commanded the 2nd Light Division during the invasion of Poland in 1939, which was later transformed into the 7th Panzer Division, and his post was soon after occupied by Erwin Rommel in 1940, and later was promoted to General der Kavallerie on 1 June, 1940.

Stumme was appointed as the commander of XXXX Corps, with which it fought in Bulgaria in February 1941, under the command of General Siegmund List, the commander of the 12th Army, after having participated in fighting during the invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece.

During the Operation Barbarossa, Stumme served under the command of Field Marshall Fedor von Bock, the commander of Heeresgruppe Mitte. Stumme and his troops managed to successfully capture the city of Mozhaisk on 18 October 1941, after taking advantage of the offensive against Stalingrad.

On 19 June, 1942, the Soviets captured the plans of German operations on the Eastern Front, and the responsibility assumed by Stumme being ordered to court-martial for Hitler. He was found guilty and sentenced to five years in prison, but von Bock secured his release.

Stumme was sent to North Africa to enter the Afrika Korpspara fighting with the British at El Alamein. During a temporary departure of Erwin Rommel, he became the commander of Panzer Army Afrika (composed of German and Italian forces). Stumme died at the age 56 with a heart attack during a bombing on 24 October, 1942 near El Alamein. He was replaced by General der Panzertruppe Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma.