Name Gottfried Weber Role General | Died 1958, Villach, Austria | |
Born 31 January 1899
Breslau, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire now Wroclaw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland ( 1899-01-31 ) Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1920)
Nazi Germany (to 1945)
West Germany Years of service 1917–20
1934–45
1956–58 Rank Generalleutnant (Wehrmacht)
Generalmajor (Bundeswehr) Battles/wars World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of Belgium
Battle of France
Battle of Dunkirk
Operation Barbarossa
Siege of Leningrad
Courland Pocket Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Battle of Belgium Commands held 81st Infantry Division, 61st Infantry Division, 93rd Infantry Division, 12th Luftwaffe Field Division, XVI Army Corps | ||
Service/branch German Army, Bundeswehr | ||
Gottfried Ludwig Weber (31 January 1899 – 16 August 1958) was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
Weber surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 in the Courland Pocket. Convicted in the Soviet Union as a war criminal, he was held until 1955. In 1956 Weber joined the Bundeswehr, reaching the rank of a Generalmajor. He died on 16 August 1958 in an auto-accident in Villach, Austria.
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