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Walther Risse

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Years of service
  
1914–45

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


Name
  
Walther Risse

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 Siege of Leningrad Courland 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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