Walther Hahm
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Walther Hahm | |
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![]() Hahm in May 1943 | |
Born | 21 December 1894 |
Died | 21 December 1951 | (aged 57)
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Rank | General of the Infantry |
Commands | 260. Infanterie-Division 389th Infantry Division LXXXII. Armeekorps XIII Army Corps |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Walther Hahm (21 December 1894 – 11 August 1951) was a German general during World War II who held several commands at division and corps level. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.
Awards and decorations
[edit]- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (3 December 1914) & 1st Class (4 September 1917)[1]
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (27 May 1940) & 1st Class (12 June 1940)[1]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 15 November 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 480[2]
- 676th Oak Leaves on 9 December 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 389.Infanterie-Division[3]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (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.
- Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.
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- 1894 births
- 1951 deaths
- People from Milicz
- Military personnel from the Province of Silesia
- German Army generals of World War II
- Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht)
- German Army personnel of World War I
- Reichswehr personnel
- German prisoners of war in World War II
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
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