Werner Marcks

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Years of service 1914–45 Rank Generalleutnant		Name Werner Marcks Service/branch German Army

Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of UmanBattle of Kiev (1941)North African CampaignLvov–Sandomierz OffensiveVistula-Oder OffensiveBattle of Halbe Died July 28, 1967, Wedel, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France Commands held 1st Panzer Division, 20th Panzer Division, 21st Panzer Division, 90th Light Infantry Division

Werner Marcks (17 July 1896 – 28 July 1967) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several armoured divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (28 May 1915) & 1st Class (22 February 1918)

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (14 September 1939) & 1st Class (16 October 1939)

German Cross in Gold on 11 December 1941 as Oberstleutnant in the I./Schützen-Regiment 64

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 2 February 1942 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Kampfgruppe Marcks

593rd Oak Leaves on 21 September 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of 1. Panzer Division

Medaglia d'Argento al Valore Militare

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