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Walter Botsch

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Years of service
  
1915–45

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


Name
  
Walter Botsch

Service/branch
  
German Army

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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Battle of Greece Operation Barbarossa Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) Siege of Leningrad Operation Dragoon Ruhr Pocket

Died
  
1969, Schwabisch Gmund, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France, Battle of Greece

Unit
  
30e corps d'armee, 19th Army

Commands held
  
18th Volksgrenadier Division, 53e corps d'armee, 58e corps de blindes

Walter Hugo Botsch (27 February 1897 – 7 January 1969) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 19th Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class & 1st Class
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (21 January 1935)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 April 1940) & 1st Class (19 June 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 22 June 1942 as Oberst im Generalstab in the XXX. Armeekorps
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 May 1945 as Generalleutnant and acting leader of the LVIII. Panzerkorps

    • References

    Walter Botsch Wikipedia
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