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Walter Melzer

Nazi German general

Summary

Nazi German general

FieldValue
nameWalter Melzer
birth_date7 October 1894
death_date
allegianceGerman Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
branchGerman Army
serviceyears1914–1945
rankGeneral der Infanterie
commands252nd Infantry Division
XXIII Army Corps
battles
awardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

NOTOC Weimar Republic Nazi Germany XXIII Army Corps

  • World War I
  • World War II
    • Invasion of Poland
    • Battle of Belgium
    • Battle of France
    • Battle of Dunkirk
    • Operation Barbarossa
    • Siege of Leningrad
    • Battle of Voronezh (1942)
    • Operation Bagration
    • Vilnius Offensive
    • Baltic Offensive (1944)
    • Battle of Memel
    • East Prussian Offensive

Walter Melzer (7 October 1894 – 23 June 1961) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the XXIII corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (9 August 1915) & 1st Class (10 March 1918)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (16 September 1939) & 1st Class (3 October 1939)
  • German Cross in Gold on 11 February 1943 as Oberst in Grenadier-Regiment 694
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
    • Knight's Cross on 21 August 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 151
    • Oak Leaves on 23 August 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 252. Infanterie-Division

References

Notes

Bibliography

  • {{Cite book |orig-date=1986 |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
  • {{Cite book |trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2
  • {{Cite book |trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z

before=Generalleutnant Hans Schäfer| after=Generalleutnant Paul Drekmann| title=Commander of 252. Infanterie-Division| years=24 January 1943 - 12 October 1944 before=General der Pioniere Otto Tiemann| after=None| title=Commander of XXIII. Armeekorps| years=12 October 1944 - May 1945

References

  1. Thomas 1998, p. 72.
  2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 303.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 252.
  4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 73.
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