Gottfried Weber (general)

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Name Gottfried Weber Role General		Died 1958, Villach, Austria
Born 31 January 1899Breslau, 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 1917–201934–451956–58 Rank Generalleutnant (Wehrmacht)Generalmajor (Bundeswehr) Battles/wars World War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of BelgiumBattle of FranceBattle of DunkirkOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradCourland 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.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (27 September 1939) & 1st Class (20 October 1939)

German Cross in Gold on 16 February 1943 as Oberst in Grenadier-Regiment 176

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 13 October 1941 as Major and commander of I./Infanterie-Regiment 162

490th Oak Leaves on 9 June 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of 12. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division

References

Gottfried Weber (general) Wikipedia

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