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Wilhelm Schroder

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Oberst

Role
  
Politician

Years of service
  
1915–20 1935–45

Name
  
Wilhelm Schroder

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Born
  
7 July 1896 Sommersell (
1896-07-07
)

Died
  
17 July 1979(1979-07-17) (aged 83) Witten

Allegiance
  
German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1920)  Nazi Germany

Commands held
  
Grenadier-Regiment 580 Kampfgruppe Schroder

Wilhelm Heinrich August Schroder (7 July 1896 – 17 July 1979) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

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Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1914)
  • 2nd Class (16 August 1917)
  • 1st Class (17 June 1924)
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (30 January 1935)
  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 2nd Class (2 October 1936)
  • Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (10 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (20 November 1943)
  • War Merit Cross with Swords
  • 2nd Class (30 January 1943)
  • 1st Class (1 September 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 26 March 1944 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 580
  • 779th Oak Leaves on 13 March 1945 as Oberst and commander of Kampfgruppe Schroder of the 408. Infanterie-Division
  • Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 15 April 1944

    • Wehrmachtbericht reference

    The daily Wehrmachtbericht (Wehrmacht propaganda report) noted the following:

    References

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