Nickname(s) "Willifrank" Service/branch German Army Name Willifrank Ochsner | Years of service 1915–45 | |
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 | ||
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.
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