Walter Schilling (General)
Walter Curt Gustav Schilling (born December 23, 1895 in Kulm , West Prussia ; † July 20, 1943, died near Doljenjaja near Isjum , Ukraine ) was a German officer , most recently a lieutenant general in World War II .
Schilling already served as an officer in World War I and has received several awards.
In the Wehrmacht , Schilling served as Chief of the General Staff of the 3rd Panzer Army during World War II . As commander of the 17th Panzer Division , he fell in 1943 during the Soviet Isjum-Barvenkovsk operation .
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
- German cross in gold on February 28, 1942
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on July 28, 1943 (posthumous)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Google book review: The Panzer Legions p. 141, accessed November 14, 2008
- ↑ Veit Scherzer : The 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. 306 .
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| SURNAME | Schilling, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schilling, Walter Curt Gustav (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kulm , West Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1943 |
| Place of death | near Isjum , Ukraine |