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Ernst Wellmann

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Years of service
  
1935–451956–60

Other work
  
Police officer


Name
  
Ernst Wellmann

Service/branch
  
German Army

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Born
  
14 January 1904Samter (
1904-01-14
)

Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany

Rank
  
Oberst (Wehrmacht)Brigadegeneral (Bundeswehr)

Battles/wars
  
World War IIAnnexation of the SudetenlandInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of Kiev (1941)Battle of MoscowSecond Battle of KharkovBattle of the CaucasusBattle of KurskBelgorod-Khar'kov Offensive OperationLower Dnieper OffensiveCherkassy Pocket

Died
  
July 17, 1970, Karlsruhe, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Commands held
  
SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 „Der Fuhrer“, Panzer Division Holstein

Ernst Wellmann (14 January 1904 – 17 July 1970) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 September 1939) & 1st Class (21 October 1939)
  • German Cross in Gold on 8 June 1942 as Major in the I./Schützen-Regiment 3
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 2 September 1942 as Oberstleutnant and commander of I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3
  • 342nd Oak Leaves on 30 November 1943 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3

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