Sneha Girap (Editor)

Willy Langkeit

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Years of service
  
1924–451951–67


Name
  
Willy Langkeit

Willy Langkeit ww2gravestonecomwpcontentuploads201504Langh


Born
  
2 June 1907Schuchten (
1907-06-02
)

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany

Rank
  
Generalmajor (Wehrmacht)Brigadegeneral (Bundesgrenzschutz)

Battles/wars
  
World War IIInvasion of PolandBattle of FranceInvasion of YugoslaviaOperation BarbarossaBattle of Brody (1941)Battle of Kiev (1941)Battle of Rostov (1941)Second Battle of KharkovBattle of StalingradBattle of KurskBattle of Smolensk (1943)Lower Dnieper OffensiveFirst Jassy-Kishinev OffensiveBattle of the Seelow HeightsBattle of Halbe

Died
  
October 27, 1969, Bad Bramstedt, Germany

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Commands held
  
Panzergrenadier Division Kurmark

Battles and wars
  
Invasion of Poland, Battle of France

Service/branch
  
German Army, Bundesgrenzschutz

Willy Langkeit (2 June 1907 – 27 October 1969) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. After the war, Langkeit joined the Bundesgrenzschutz (Federal Border Guards) in 1951, retiring in 1967.

Willy Langkeit Langkeit Willy WW2 Gravestone

Awards and decorations

Willy Langkeit 30 best Oberst Langkeit images on Pinterest Division Panther and

  • Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (10 November 1939) & 1st Class (30 August 1940)
  • German Cross in Gold on 1 July 1942 as Major in the II./Panzer-Regiment 36
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 9 December 1942 as Major and commander of I./Panzer-Regiment 36
  • Oak Leaves on 7 December 1943 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Panzer-Regiment 36

    • Willy Langkeit Willy Langkeit Biography Officer Germany

    References

    Willy Langkeit Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics