Walter Weiss ( German: Walter Weiss ; September 5, 1890 - December 21, 1967 ) - German officer, participant in the First and Second World Wars, Colonel General, Knight of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves .
| Walter Weiss Walter weiss | ||||||||||||
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| Date of Birth | September 5, 1890 | |||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Tilsit ( East Prussia , German Empire ) | |||||||||||
| Date of death | December 21, 1967 (77 years old) | |||||||||||
| Place of death | Aschaffenburg ( Bavaria , Germany ) | |||||||||||
| Affiliation |  German Empire Germany Germany | |||||||||||
| Type of army | infantry | |||||||||||
| Years of service | 1908-1945 | |||||||||||
| Rank |  Colonel General | |||||||||||
| Commanded | 2nd Army Army Group North | |||||||||||
| Battles / wars | World War I
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| Awards and prizes | German Empire
Third Reich
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Beginning of a military career
March 19, 1908, after graduating from the cadet school, he entered the 59th (4th Pozensky) infantry regiment after fenrich. Since 1911 he was adjutant, then the company commander of the 3rd battalion of his regiment. Member 1st world. war, served in the headquarters of the army group Scholz (Macedonia) and the 226th infantry. divisions. For military distinction awarded Zhel. a cross of the 1st and 2nd class; captain (07.15.1918).
Between World Wars
In 1919-20 he served in the border guard "East". After the demobilization of the army left in the Reichswehr. served in the 2nd (Prussian) infantry. a shelf. On October 1, 1922, an employee of the intelligence and counterintelligence department at the headquarters of the 1st military. counties (Königsberg). In 1924 he was transferred to the headquarters of the 1st infantry. divisions, in 1925 - to the headquarters of the 1st battalion of the 7th infantry. shelf (Oppel), from 1927 com. 1st, from 1929 - 16th company of the same regiment. In 1932 he was transferred to the commandant's office of Breslau. On October 1, 1933, the 1st officer of the General Staff (head of the Operations Department) of the command headquarters. infantry II military. district (Mecklenburg-Schwerin), from 10/15/1934 - the 12th division. 03.24.1936 transferred to the headquarters of the VI arm. corps (Munster). Since 1.5.1938 com. 1st infantry. regiment in Königsberg.
World War II
He participated in the Polish (1939) and French (1940) campaigns. From 12/15/1940 com. 97th light division, from January 15, 1941 commander of the 26th infantry division . Since June 22, 1941, he fought on the central section of the Eastern Front. On July 1, 1942, commander of the XXVII Army Corps. Battles in the Nevel region. On February 3, 1943, the commander of the 2nd Army (on the central section of the Eastern Front, as part of Army Group Center ). Soviet forces conducted a series of offensive operations against his army, including the Lomza-Ruzhany offensive operation . From March 12 to April 8, 1945, commander of the Army Group North (in East Prussia). In April 1945 he was evacuated to Northern Germany, where he was captured.
In March 1948, released.
Military ranks
- fenrich (03/19/1908)
- lieutenant (08.19.1909)
- Chief Lieutenant (07.24.1915)
- captain (07.15.1918)
- major (06/01/1931)
- lieutenant colonel (09/01/1934)
- Colonel (03/01/1937, with seniority from 08/01/1936)
- major general (09/01/1940)
- lieutenant general (08/01/1942)
- infantry general (09/01/1942)
- Colonel General (01/30/1944)
Rewards
- Iron Cross 2nd class (09/09/1914)
- 1st Class Iron Cross (12/15/1915)
- 3rd Class Military Merit Cross with Military Distinction ( Austria-Hungary )
- Order of the Iron Crescent (Ottoman Empire)
- Order of Military Merit, 4th Degree ( Bulgaria )
- Honorary Cross of the First World War 1914/1918 (1934)
- Buckle to the Iron Cross of the 2nd class (09/19/1939)
- Buckle to the Iron Cross of the 1st class (10/02/1939)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (09/12/1941)
- oak leaves (11/05/1944)
- German cross in gold (02.19.1943)
- Medal "For the Winter Campaign in the East 1941/42"
- Mentioned in the order on the crew (04/06/1944, 02/02/1944)
Literature
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer: Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945 . Friedburg, Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5
- K.A. Zalessky. Wehrmacht. Encyclopedia of 3-Goraich. M., 2005.