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Nickname(s)
  
"Willifrank"

Service/branch
  
German Army

Name
  
Willifrank Ochsner


Years of service
  
1915–45

Allegiance
  
Battles/wars
  
World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceInvasion of YugoslaviaOperation BarbarossaBattle of Kiev (1941)Battle of MoscowOperation Bagration

Died
  
December 5, 1990, Marquartstein, Germany

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Battle of France

Commands held
  

Wilhelm-Francis Ochsner (31 March 1899 – 5 December 1990) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Ochsner surrendered to the Red Army in the summer of 1944 in the course of Soviet Operation Bagration. In 1947 he was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for war crimes committed against the citizens of the Soviet Union. Ochsner was released in 1955.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 January 1944 as Oberst and commander of 31. Infanterie-Division
  • References

    Willifrank Ochsner Wikipedia


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