Years of service 1914–44 Rank General der Infanterie | Name Thomas-Emil Wickede Service/branch German Army | |
Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradDemyansk Pocket Battles and wars World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France Commands held 30th Infantry Division, X Corps | ||
Thomas-Emil von Wickede (23 April 1893 – 23 June 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the X Army Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Wickede was killed on June 23, 1944, when an aircraft carrying him and generals Karl Eglseer, Eduard Dietl and Franz Rossi crashed in the vicinity of the small village of Rettenegg, Styria.
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