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Oskar Munzel

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Years of service
  
1917–451956–62

Name
  
Oskar Munzel

Service/branch
  
German Army


Oskar Munzel

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany

Rank
  
Generalmajor (Wehrmacht)Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIOperation BarbarossaBattle of Bialystok–MinskBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of Kiev (1941)Battle of MoscowSecond Battle of KharkovCourland PocketOperation Solstice

Other work
  
Military advisor in Egypt and Taiwan

Died
  
January 1, 1992, Bad Godesberg, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Operation Barbarossa

Commands held
  
14th Panzer Division, 2nd Panzer Division

Oskar Munzel (13 March 1899 – 1 January 1992) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II and in the Bundeswehr of West Germany who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. After the war, he served as a military advisor in Egypt, and then he joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired in 1962. Munzel then acted as the Chief Advisor of Ming-teh-Gruppe (German Military Advisory Group) in Taiwan for the Republic of China Armed Forces before returning to Germany.

Oskar Munzel POSTWAR SIGNED KNIGHTS CROSS WINNER GEN MAJ OSKAR MUNZEL

Awards and decorations

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  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 October 1944 as Oberst and commander of 14. Panzer-Division
  • Federal Cross of Merit

    • References

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