Years of service 1914–45 Service/branch German Army Name Karl-Wilhelm Specht | Rank General der Infanterie | |
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Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Bialystok–Minsk
Battle of Smolensk (1941)
Battle of Moscow
East Prussian Offensive Died December 3, 1953, Moscow, Russia Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France | ||
Commands held Infanterie-Regiment 55 | ||
Karl-Wilhelm Specht (22 May 1894 – 3 December 1953) was a general 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. He served on the "Court of Military Honour," a drumhead court-martial that expelled many of the officers involved in the 20 July Plot from the army before handing them over to the People's Court. Specht surrendered to the Soviet forces at the end of the war and died on 3 December 1953.
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