Wilhelm Hasse (general)

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Years of service 1913–45 Service/branch German Army Role General		Name Wilhelm Hasse Rank General der Infanterie Unit Army Group North

Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaSiege of LeningradBattle of Narva (1944)Riga Offensive (1944)Courland Pocket Died May 21, 1945, Pisek, Czech Republic Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Invasion of Poland, Battle of France Commands held 30th Infantry Division, II Army Corps, 17th Army

Wilhelm Hasse (24 November 1894 – 21 May 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 17th Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Hasse died in June 1945 of wounds sustained in May 1945.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (17 September 1914) & 1st Class (21 April 1915)

Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (11 September 1939) & 1st Class (2 October 1939)

German Cross in Gold on 26 January 1942 as Oberst im Generalstab (in the General Staff) of AOK 18

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Knight's Cross on 12 August 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 30 Infanterie-Division

Oak Leaves on 14 January 1945 as General der Infanterie and commander of II. Armeekorps

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Wilhelm Hasse (general) Wikipedia

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