Oskar Munzel
Oskar Munzel (born March 13, 1899 in Grimmen ; † January 1, 1992 in Bad Godesberg ) was a German officer , most recently Major General of the Bundeswehr and Major General of the Wehrmacht in World War II .
Life
Munzel began his military career on July 3, 1917 as a flag junior in the Uhlan Regiment 8. In this he was promoted to lieutenant on November 5, 1918 . He took part in the First World War. After the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr . From 1938 he was deployed in the Army High Command . On October 1, 1940, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. From June 1, 1941 he was department commander in the 6th Panzer Regiment. In December 1941, he was given command of the 6th Panzer Regiment. Promotion to colonel took place on January 30, 1942, with his patent being postponed to June 1, 1941 has been. In February 1943 he became head of the tactical courses at Panzer Troop School II. On September 26, 1943, he took command of Panzer Troop School I. From September 15, 1944 to November 25, 1944, he was commander of the 14th Panzer Division . On December 1, 1944, he was promoted to major general. From January 15, 1945 to March 15, 1945 Munzel was in command of a corps group of the 1st Panzer Army named after him . On March 20, 1945, he became the commander of the 2nd Panzer Division and, after 2 wounds, then finally, from April 6, 1945, senior tank officer at OB West. At the end of the war, Munzel was taken prisoner by the Allies, who took him to various prison camps until 1947. After being a prisoner of war for two years, he was a military advisor in Egypt for four years from 1951. In 1956 Munzel was brigadier general in command of the armored forces school of the Bundeswehr in Munster . Later he was inspector of the armored forces. In 1962 he left the Bundeswehr. He was then head of the Ming-teh Group (German Military Advisory Group) in Taiwan .
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd class
- Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd class
- Iron Cross (1939) 1st class
- German cross in gold on February 14, 1943
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on October 16, 1944
- Large Federal Cross of Merit
Works
- Tank tactics , 1959.
- The German armored troops until 1945 , 1965.
- Fought, won, lost , 1980.
literature
- Wolfgang Keilig : The Generals of the Army 1939–1945 . Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, Friedberg 1983, ISBN 3-7909-0202-0 .
- Chiang Kai-shek's Secret Military Advisers Unveiled . Hoover Institution . 2013.
- Yue-che Wang: German Military Advisors in Taiwan 1963-1975 (明德 專案: 德國 軍事 顧問 在 台 工作 史實) ( Chinese ). Transoxania Publishing Corp, Taipei, Taiwan 2007, ISBN 9789574146543 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Keilig: The Generals of the Army 1939-1945. Friedberg 1983, p. 236.
- ↑ Chiang Kai-shek's Secret Military Advisers Unveiled
- ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 .
- ↑ Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 262 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Munzel, Oskar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, most recently major general in the Bundeswehr |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grim |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1992 |
| Place of death | bad Godesberg |