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|name=Walter Wessel
|birth_date=21 April 1892
|death_date={{death date and age|1943|7|20|1892|4|21|df=y}}
|birth_place=
|death_place=Morano, Italy
|image=
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance={{flag|German Empire}}
{{flag|Weimar Republic}}
{{flag|Nazi Germany}}
|branch=Army
|serviceyears=1912–43
|rank= Generalleutnant
|commands=12th Panzer Division
|unit=
|battles=World War II
|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
|laterwork=}}

Walter Wessel (21 April 1892 – 20 July 1943) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 12th Panzer Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.{{cn|date=August 2018}}

Wessel was responsible for the Massacre in Ciepielów, at Ciepielów, Poland. He was killed in an auto accident on 20 July 1943 near Morano, Italy.{{cn|date=August 2018}}

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
    • Knight's Cross on 15 August 1940 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 15 (mot.)[1]
    • 76th Oak Leaves on 17 February 1942 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 15 (mot.)[2]

    References

    Citations

    1. ^Fellgiebel 2000, p. 360.
    2. ^Fellgiebel 2000, p. 53.

    Bibliography

    {{refbegin}}
    • {{Cite book

    |last=Fellgiebel
    |first=Walther-Peer
    |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
    |year=2000
    |origyear=1986
    |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile
    |trans-title=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
    |language=German
    |location=Friedberg, Germany
    |publisher=Podzun-Pallas
    |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
    }}
    • {{Cite book

    |last=Thomas
    |first=Franz
    |year=1998
    |title=Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z
    |trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z
    |language=German
    |location=Osnabrück, Germany
    |publisher=Biblio-Verlag
    |isbn=978-3-7648-2300-9
    }}{{refend}}{{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box|

    before=Generaloberst Josef Harpe|

    after=Generalleutnant Erpo Freiherr von Bodenhausen|

    title= Commander of 12. Panzer-Division|

    years=15 January 1942 – 1 March 1943


    }}{{s-end}}{{Knight's Cross recipients of the 29th ID}}{{Subject bar
    | portal1=Biography
    | portal2=Military of Germany
    | portal3=World War I
    | portal4=World War II
    }}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wessel, Walter}}

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