Walther Risse

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Years of service 1914–45 Rank Generalleutnant		Name Walther Risse Service/branch German Army

Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradCourland Pocket Died June 21, 1965, Hamburg, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Commands held 225e division d'infanterie Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, Siege of Leningrad, Courland Pocket, World War II

Walther Risse (13 December 1892 – 21 June 1965) was a German general in the Wehrmacht who commanded the 225th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (15 May 1940) & 1st Class (4 June 1940)

German Cross in Gold on 30 September 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 225. Infanterie Division

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 22 September 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 474

Oak Leaves on 18 January 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 225. Infanterie Division

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