Oskar Munzel

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Years of service 1917–451956–62 Name Oskar Munzel		Service/branch German Army

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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