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Walter Wessel

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Years of service
  
1912–43

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Walter Wessel

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


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

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Bialystok–Minsk Battle of Smolensk (1941) Battle of Moscow Siege of Leningrad

Died
  
July 20, 1943, Morano Calabro, Italy

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Commands held
  
12th Panzer Division

Walter Wessel (21 April 1892 – 20 July 1943) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 12th Panzer Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Wessel was responsible for the Massacre in Ciepielów, at Ciepielów, Poland. He was killed in an auto accident on 20 July 1943 near Morano, Italy.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 15 August 1940 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 15 (mot.)
  • 76th Oak Leaves on 17 February 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 15 (mot.)

    • References

    Walter Wessel Wikipedia
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