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Walther Hahm

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Years of service
  
1914–45

Rank
  
General der Infanterie


Name
  
Walther Hahm

Service/branch
  
German Army

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Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany (to 1945)

Battles/wars
  
World War I World War II Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Moscow Lower Dnieper Offensive

Died
  
December 21, 1951, Heide, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France

Commands held
  
389th Infantry Division, 82e corps d'armee, XIII Army Corps

Walther Hahm (21 December 1894 – 11 August 1951) was a German general during World War II who held several commands at division and corps level. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

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Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (3 December 1914) & 1st Class (4 September 1917)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (27 May 1940) & 1st Class (12 June 1940)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 15 November 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 480
  • 676th Oak Leaves on 9 December 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 389.Infanterie-Division

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