Walther Nehring
Walter Nehring | |
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| Battles/wars | World War II
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| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords |
Walther Nehring (15 August 1892 – 20 April 1983) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the Afrika Korps.
Early life
Nehring was born on 15 August 1892 in
Career
Nehring joined the military service on 16 September 1911 in the Infanterie-Regiment 152. He became a commissioned Leutnant on 18 December 1913.[2]
On 26 October 1940 he received command of the 18th Panzer Division at Chemnitz, which he commanded during the operations Barbarossa and Typhoon.[3] The division led by Nehring stands accused of war crimes by numerous accounts.[4]
Nehring took command of the
After North Africa, Nehring was posted to the
Following the end of the war, Nehring wrote a comprehensive history of the German panzer forces from 1916 to 1945, Die Geschichte der deutschen Panzerwaffe 1916 bis 1945. He also wrote the foreword to Len Deighton's Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (27 January 1915) & 1st Class (25 November 1917)[5]
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (11 September 1939) & 1st Class (29 September 1939)[6]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Knight's Cross on 24 July 1941 as Generalmajor and commander of the 18. Panzer-Division[7]
- 383rd Oak Leaves on 8 February 1944 as General der Panzertruppe and commanding general of the XXIV. Panzerkorps[7]
- 124th Swords on 22 January 1945 as General der Panzertruppe and commanding general of the XXIV. Panzerkorps[7]
- Bundesverdienstkreuz 1st Class (27 July 1973)[citation needed]
References
Citations
- ^ Mitcham 2007, p. 81.
- ^ Williamson & Bujeiro 2005, p. 16.
- ^ Mitcham, p. 144
- ^ Omer Bartov, Hitler's Army: Soldiers, Nazis, and War in the Third Reich, Oxford Paperbacks, 1992
- ^ Thomas 1998, p. 113.
- ^ Paul 2002, p. 85.
- ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 563.
Bibliography
- Mitcham, Samuel W. (2007). Rommel's Desert Commanders — The Men Who Served the Desert Fox, North Africa, 1941–42. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3510-0.
- Paul, Wolfgang (2002). Panzer-General Walther K. Nehring — Eine Biographie [Tank General Walther K. Nehring — A Biography] (in German). Stuttgart, Germany: Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-613-02208-9.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
- Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.
- ISBN 1-84176-642-9.
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