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Wolf Dietrich von Xylander

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Years of service
  
1921–45

Service/branch
  
German Army

Died
  
1945, Struppen, Germany


Name
  
Wolf-Dietrich Xylander

Rank
  
Generalleutnant

Unit
  
Army Group Centre

Born
  
9 April 1903 Munich (
1903-04-09
)

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War II Battle of France Eastern Front

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Battles and wars
  
World War II, Battle of France, Eastern Front

Wolf-Dietrich von Xylander (9 April 1903 – 15 February 1945) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Xylander was killed on 15 February 1945 in an airplane crash near Struppen, Germany. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross on 20 February 1945.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 February 1945 as Generalleutnant and Chief of the Generalstab of HeeresGruppe Mitte

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