Walter Herold

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Years of service 1915–44 Name Walter Herold		Service/branch German Army
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Rank Generalmajor (Posthumously) Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Kiev (1941)Battle of MoscowFirst Jassy-Kishinev OffensiveJassy–Kishinev Offensive (August 1944) Died November 28, 1944, Bochnia, Poland Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France
Commands held 10th Infantry Division

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Walter Herold (10 August 1897 – 28 November 1944) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Herold was killed on 28 November 1944 near Bochnia, Poland. He was posthumously promoted to generalmajor.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 13 October 1941 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Artillerie-Regiment 10 (mot.)

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