Theodor Wisch

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Nickname(s) Teddy Service number SS #4,759 Allegiance Nazi Germany Name Theodor Wisch		Years of service 1933–45 Service/branch Waffen-SS Rank SS-Brigadefuhrer


Born 13 December 1907Wesselburener Koog, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire ( 1907-12-13 ) Commands held 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler2nd SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment LSSAH2nd SS Infantry Battalion (mot) LSSAH Died January 11, 1995, Norderstedt, Germany Battles and wars Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Theodor Wisch (13 December 1907 – 11 January 1995) was a high-ranking member of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a commander of the SS Division Leibstandarte (LSSAH) and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He assumed command of the LSSAH in April 1943. He was seriously wounded in combat on the Western Front by a naval artillery barrage in the Falaise Pocket on 20 August 1944, and replaced as division commander by SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke.

Awards

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (24 September 1939) & 1st Class (8 November 1939)

German Cross in Gold on 25 February 1943 as SS-Standartenführer in the 2. Panzergrenadier-Regiment SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Knight's Cross on 15 September 1941 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the II./LSSAH

393rd Oak Leaves on 12 February 1944 as SS-Brigadeführer and commander of the LSSAH

94th Swords on 30 August 1944 as SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS, and commander of the LSSAH

References

Theodor Wisch Wikipedia

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