General der Panzertruppe Hasso von Manteuffel (14 January 1897 - 24 September 1978).
General der Panzertruppe Walther Nehring (15 August 1892 - 20 April 1983).
General der Panzertruppe Dietrich von Saucken (16 May 1892 - 27 September 1980).
General der Panzertruppe Rudolf Veiel (10 December 1883 – 19 March 1956).
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GENERALLEUTNANTGeneralleutnant
Ernst-Günther Baade (1897-1945) was a highly decorated German army officer who served with distinction in both World Wars, rising through the ranks from a volunteer in the 9th Dragoon Regiment during the First World War, where he earned both classes of the Iron Cross and the Wound Badge in black, to become a respected commander in the Wehrmacht. In the Second World War, after commanding I. Abteilung of Reiter-Regiment 22 and earning the German Cross in Gold, he transferred to North Africa in 1942 as commander of Schützen-Regiment 115 in the 15th Panzer Division within the Afrika Korps, where his eccentric style—entering battle in a Scottish kilt while wielding a claymore broadsword—made him a legendary figure among his troops. He was awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 27 June 1942 as Oberst for his leadership and personal bravery during the Battle of Bir Hakeim and subsequent actions, particularly on 27 May when he thwarted a strong enemy armoured attack in the division's rear through superior initiative and frontline presence, and on 11 June when he personally led a reinforced battalion in 24 hours of combat to capture the fortified Hachheim position. Wounded at El Alamein in July 1942, he later commanded forces defending the Straits of Messina during the evacuation from Sicily in 1943, assumed leadership of the 90. Panzergrenadier-Division in Italy, and excelled in the Battle of Monte Cassino, where his habit of establishing forward command posts under heavy fire and his single-handed destruction of an enemy tank with an infantry weapon (earning the Tank Destruction Badge in silver) inspired his men. For these defensive achievements against overwhelming Allied assaults on the Cassino massif, he received the Eichenlaub on 22 February 1944 as Oberst and Führer of the division, followed by the Schwerter on 16 November 1944 as Generalleutnant for continued outstanding performance along the Italian front throughout 1944. Popular for his small staff, frequent frontline visits, and hands-on leadership, Baade was severely wounded when his staff car was strafed by a British fighter near Neverstaven in Holstein on 24 April 1945 and succumbed to gangrene on 8 May 1945 in a hospital at Bad Segeberg, just as the war ended in Europe.
Generalleutnant
Friedrich-Carl Cranz (1886-1941) was a German army officer who rose through the ranks of the Wehrmacht to command the 18. Infanterie-Division during the early campaigns of World War II, earning the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 29 June 1940 as Generalmajor for his leadership in the capture of Dunkirk. Born in Kulm, West Prussia, Cranz joined the army as a cadet in 1903 and served with distinction in the First World War before continuing his career in the interwar period; by the outbreak of the Second World War he had taken command of the division, which participated in the Invasion of Poland and then the Battle of France as part of X. Armeekorps under 18. Armee and Heeresgruppe B. His decisive contribution came in the final phase of the Dunkirk operations in early June 1940, where, despite strong enemy resistance, the unstoppable forward drive of his division owed much to Cranz’s personal example: he issued orders from the foremost line at critical moments, and on the evening of 3 June 1940 he stood with an Infanterie-Regiment under heavy artillery fire—wounding four soldiers nearby—directing the assault that enabled a breakthrough. The following day he placed himself at the head of an Infanterie-Bataillon, motivating his troops by personal example and leading the division into Dunkirk on 4 June 1940, resulting in the capture of approximately 50,000 prisoners and vast quantities of materiel in its sector alone. This combination of clear, purposeful divisional leadership and extraordinary devotion to duty in the face of a numerically superior and fiercely defending enemy secured the award of the Knight’s Cross. Tragically, Cranz was killed on 24 March 1941 in a training accident on the Truppenübungsplatz Neuhammer by friendly artillery fire while still commanding the division (soon to be redesignated motorized); he was laid to rest in the Invalidenfriedhof in Berlin.
Generalleutnant Hermann Flörke (23 October 1893 - 19 August 1979).
Generalleutnant Hermann Hohn (11 October 1897 – 13 November 1968).
Generalleutnant Richard John (21 June 1896 – 19 February 1965).
Generalleutnant Sigfrid Macholz (20 September 1890 - 25 May 1975).
Generalleutnant Dr.med.dent. Karl Mauss (17 May 1898 – 9 February 1959).
Generalleutnant Curt Siewert (5 April 1899 – 13 June 1983).
Generalleutnant Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche (30 July 1893 - 25 April 1968).
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GENERALMAJORGeneralmajor Dr.med.dent. Franz Bäke (28 February 1898 – 12 December 1978).
Generalmajor Franz Griesbach (21 December 1892 - 24 September 1984).
Generalmajor Maximilian Jais (4 March 1891 - 24 January 1957).
Generalmajor Karl Koetz (8 February 1908 – 11 June 1977).
Generalmajor Willy Langkeit (2 June 1907 - 27 October 1969).
Generalmajor Meinrad von Lauchert (29 August 1905 - 4 December 1987).
Generalmajor Hanns-Horst von Necker (28 August 1903 – 27 February 1979).
Generalmajor Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski (2 January 1899 - 19 September 1966).
Generalmajor Adelbert Schulz (20 December 1903 - 28 January 1944).
Generalmajor Rudolf Sieckenius (18 August 1896 - 29 April 1945).
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OBERST
Oberst Karl Baacke (15 May 1907 - 2 April 1944).
Oberst Heinz Wittchow von Brese-Winiary (13 January 1914 - 3 December 1995).
Oberst
Karl Faulhaber (1896-1972) was born on 11 January 1896 in Gerolzhofen
in Unterfranken and served as a German Army officer through both world
wars, earning the Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse and 1. Klasse as well as the
IV. Klasse des Militärverdienstordens during the First World War before
receiving the Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer. In the Second World War he
advanced through the ranks of the Heer, serving with units of the 98.
Infanterie-Division and rising to Major by 1940, when he was awarded the
1939 Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz 2. Klasse and 1. Klasse; later
promotions brought him to Oberstleutnant as Kommandeur of
Infanterie-Regiment 282, for which he received the Deutsches Kreuz in
Gold on 12 November 1942 together with the Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen and
the Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42”. By late 1943 he had
been promoted to Oberst and was Kommandeur of Grenadier-Regiment 282 of
the same division, responsible for the coastal sector south of Kertsch
on the Crimean peninsula. On the morning of 1 November 1943, under cover
of heavy Soviet artillery fire from the Taman peninsula, enemy forces
landed near Eltigen; communications failed and the situation remained
completely unclear, with the II./Grenadier-Regiment 282 under Hauptmann
Dr. Finke cut off and the enemy advancing westward with several hundred
men. Oberst Faulhaber immediately drove forward himself, encountered the
leaderless and heavily depleted 2./Grenadier-Regiment 282 taking cover
under fire south of Kamysch-Burun, and, realizing that further enemy
progress would seize critical high ground and open the way to the
harbour, decided not to await the divisional reserve. Under intense fire
he rallied the company, led it to a safer assembly area north of the
road, and personally directed a flank attack that surprised the
advancing Soviet troops, drove them back across the road, and secured a
series of crests and quarries. When a strong enemy counter-attack
developed he moved from position to position, directing individual
soldiers and inspiring them by his own example until the key
strongpoints were held. This decisive personal intervention halted the
enemy breakthrough at the last moment, inflicted heavy losses, freed the
threatened 2./Artillerie-Regiment 198, restored contact with the
encircled battalion command post, and created the conditions for
containing the Eltigen beachhead with limited forces, thereby enabling
the continued defence of the Kertsch peninsula. For this action he was
awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 19 December 1943 as
Oberst and Kommandeur of Grenadier-Regiment 282. He later received the
Romanian Ordinul Mihai Viteazul Clasa 3 on 29 April 1944 and the
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold on 9 February 1945 while still serving
with the Stab of Grenadier-Regiment 282. Karl Faulhaber died on 11
March 1972 in Munich, Bavaria.
Oberst der Reserve Dr.Ing. Rudolf Flinzer (9 November 1889 - 17 June 1976).
Oberst Johannes Kümmel (21 July 1909 - 26 February 1944).
Oberst Ernst-Hasse von Langenn-Steinkeller (7 December 1916 - 5 September 2004).
Oberst Josef Rettemeier (17 September 1914 - 19 December 1997).
Oberst Herbert Schwender (22 December 1912 - 22 September 1944).
Oberst Ludwig Stautner (4 May 1895 - 5 January 1983).
Oberst Ernst Wellmann (14 January 1904 - 17 July 1970).
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OBERSTLEUTNANT
Oberstleutnant der Reserve Wilhelm Bach (5 November 1892 - 22 December 1942).
Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Drewes (26 May 1907 - 14 July 1982).
Oberstleutnant Günter Goebel (14 November 1917 - 4 September 1993).
Oberstleutnant Heinrich Hogrebe (22 June 1913 - 25 June 1998).
Oberstleutnant Bruno Kahl (23 November 1914 - 28 February 1999).
Oberstleutnant Franz-Josef Kohout (16 August 1908 - 21 November 1980).
Oberstleutnant im Generalstab Ekkehard Kylling-Schmidt (21 June 1918 - 28 August 2000).
Oberstleutnant Bernhard Sauvant (25 March 1910 - 15 April 1967).
Oberstleutnant der Reserve Wilhelm Schöning (8 June 1908 - 2 November 1987).
Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Walther (27 January 1910 - 25 November 2010).
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MAJOR
Major Winrich Behr (22 January 1918 - 25 April 2011).
Major im Generalstab Peter Frantz (24 July 1917 - 11 March 2001).
Major Helmut Hudel (4 July 1915 – 11 March 1985).
Major Clemens-Heinrich Graf von Kageneck (17 October 1913 – 18 March 2005).
Major der Reserve Gerhard Konopka (27 March 1911 - 29 January 1997).
Major der Reserve Josef Stigler (30 May 1899 - 10 February 1982).
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HAUPTMANN
Hauptmann Erich Geppert (31 December 1912 - 8 February 1966).
Hauptmann Rudolf Krüger (4 November 1911 - 28 October 1972).
Hauptmann Rudolf Schlee (1913-1979), a highly decorated soldier of the Wehrmacht who was born on 10 November 1913 in Ludwigshafen, Rheinland Provinz (German Empire), served as a platoon leader in the 6./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13 during World War II and demonstrated exceptional bravery in various campaigns. He earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 23 October 1941 as Oberfeldwebel for his leadership and courage during intense combat operations, particularly in the mountain warfare contexts following the campaigns in the Balkans and the advance into the Soviet Union. His repeated acts of valor continued to stand out in the harsh fighting in the Caucasus region, where he led his Jäger platoon with outstanding initiative and determination, ultimately leading to the award of the Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as the 222nd recipient on 6 April 1943. Schlee later rose to the rank of Hauptmann and survived the war, becoming one of the notable recipients of these prestigious German decorations for his frontline service.
Hauptmann Bodo Spranz (1 January 1920 - 1 September 2007).
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OBERLEUTNANT
Oberleutnant Hugo Primozic (16 February 1914 - 18 March 1996).
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