Wilhelm Berlin
Wilhelm Berlin | |
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 Last front visit of Adolf Hitler on 3 March 1945. Berlin is the extreme left. | |
| Born | 28 April 1889 Cologne |
| Died | 15 September 1987 (aged 98) Hamburg |
| Allegiance |  German Empire  Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
| Service/ | Army (Wehrmacht) |
| Years of service | 1909–45 |
| Rank | General of the Artillery |
| Commands held | 58th Infantry Division 227th Infantry Division XXVI Army Corps CI Army Corps |
| Battles/wars | World War I
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| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Wilhelm Berlin (28 April 1889 – 15 September 1987) was a German general during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.
Awards and decorations[]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 March 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 227. Infanterie-Division[1]
References[]
Citations[]
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 111.
Bibliography[]
- (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
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Categories:
- 1889 births
- 1987 deaths
- Military personnel from Cologne
- Generals of Artillery (Wehrmacht)
- German military personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States
- People from the Rhine Province
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Reichswehr personnel
- 20th-century Freikorps personnel