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Walter Melzer

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Years of service
  
1914–45

Rank
  
General der Infanterie


Name
  
Walter Melzer

Service/branch
  
German Army

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

Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of BelgiumBattle of FranceBattle of DunkirkOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradBattle of Voronezh (1942)Operation BagrationVilnius OffensiveBaltic Offensive (1944)Battle of MemelEast Prussian Offensive

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Invasion of Poland

Commands held
  
252e division d'infanterie, XXIII Army Corps

Similar
  
Carl Hilpert, Johannes Frießner, Albrecht Schubert

Died
  
23 June 1961 (aged 66)

Born
  
7 October 1894

Nationality
  
German

Walter Melzer (7 October 1894 – 23 June 1961) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the XXIII corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

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Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (9 August 1915) & 1st Class (10 March 1918)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (16 September 1939) & 1st Class (3 October 1939)
  • German Cross in Gold on 11 February 1943 as Oberst in Grenadier-Regiment 694
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 21 August 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 151
  • Oak Leaves on 23 August 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 252. Infanterie-Division

    • References

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