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Wilhelm Schmalz

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Years of service
  
1919–45

Rank
  
Generalleutnant


Name
  
Wilhelm Schmalz


Born
  
1 March 1901 Reusen (
1901-03-01
)

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Invasion of Yugoslavia Operation Barbarossa Battle of Uman Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Voronezh (1942) Allied invasion of Sicily Allied invasion of Italy Operation Shingle Operation Diadem Lublin–Brest Offensive Battle of Radzymin (1944) Gumbinnen Operation Vistula–Oder Offensive Heiligenbeil Pocket Battle of Bautzen (1945)

Died
  
March 14, 1983, Braunfels, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Commands held
  
Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Goring

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Service/branch
  
German Army, Luftwaffe

Wilhelm Schmalz (1 March 1901 – 14 March 1983) was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Schmalz surrendered to the American troops in May 1945. He was accused of war crimes in Italy, but after 5 years the charges were dropped.

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Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (14 September 1939) & 1st Class (16 October 1939)
  • German Cross in Gold on 8 February 1942 as Major in Kradschützen-Bataillon 59
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 28 November 1940 as Major and commander of I./Kavallerie-Schützen-Regiment 11
  • 358th Oak Leaves on 23 December 1943 as Oberst and commander of Panzerbrigade z.b.V. der Panzer-Division "Hermann Göring"

    • References

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