Walter Scheller

Walter Scheller (born January 27, 1892 in Hanover ; † July 21, 1944 Brest-Litowsk ) was a German officer , most recently Lieutenant General in World War II .

Life

Scheller served as an officer in the First World War . After the war he switched to the Reichswehr and worked as a commander and general staff officer in various units. Promoted to major on April 1, 1933 , Scheller joined the Wehrmacht and rose to lieutenant colonel on September 1, 1935 . From October 1, 1937, he served as head of department in the Reich Ministry of War. Promoted to colonel on March 1, 1938 , he took command of the 66th Infantry Regiment in the Magdeburg area on November 10, 1938 .

After the outbreak of World War II , he became Chief of the General Staff of the Deputy General Command of the X Army Corps in Hamburg . On May 26, 1940 he took over the 8th Rifle Brigade, which he commanded in the second phase of the Western campaign and in April 1941 during the Balkan campaign .

During Operation Barbarossa , from July 1941 he was a staff officer in the Association of the 8th Panzer Division in the Baltic States . On October 1, he was raised to major general and on October 20, 1941, he was entrusted with the command of the 11th Panzer Division , whose command he officially took over on December 29. After a short reserve of leaders , he was in command of the 9th Panzer Division for a year from July 28, 1942 and was promoted to Lieutenant General on January 1, 1943 . On October 20, 1943, he took over the command of the 334th Infantry Division in Italy for a month . On November 27, 1943, he became commander of the 337th Infantry Division on the Central Eastern Front . On February 1, 1944, he briefly returned to the Führerreserve until he was appointed fortress commander of Brest-Litovsk on March 7, 1944. He fell in this position after the beginning of the Soviet summer offensive on July 21, 1944.

Awards

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
Wound badge (1918) in black
Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
German cross in gold on February 4, 1943
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on April 8, 1943

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 135 .

personal data
SURNAME	Scheller, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	January 27, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hanover
DATE OF DEATH	July 21, 1944
Place of death	Brest-Litovsk

[1] 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 .

[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. 135 .