Wolfgang Fischer
Wolfgang Fischer | |
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Born | Carolath, Silesia | 11 December 1888
Died | 1 February 1943 Mareth Line, Tunisia | (aged 54)
Allegiance | German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Heer |
Years of service | 1910–43 |
Rank | General der Panzertruppe (posthumously) |
Commands held | 10. Panzer-Division |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Wolfgang Fischer (11 December 1888 – 1 February 1943) was a German career military officer and panzer commander in World War II. He was killed on 1 February 1943 near Mareth in Tunisia when his staff car drove into a poorly marked Italian minefield and hit a land mine.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th to 1st Class
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (4 September 1939)[1]
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 1st Class (17 September 1939)[1]
- Panzer Badge
- Eastern Front Medal
- German Cross in Gold on 22 April 1942 as Generalmajor and commander of the 10. Panzer-Division[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 3 June 1940 as Oberst and commander of the 10. Schützen-Brigade[3]
- 152nd Oak Leaves on 9 December 1942 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 10. Panzer-Division[3]
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
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- 1888 births
- 1943 deaths
- People from Nowa Sól County
- People from the Province of Silesia
- German military personnel of World War I
- Prussian Army personnel
- German military personnel killed in World War II
- Generals of Panzer Troops
- Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Recipients of the Hanseatic Cross (Hamburg)
- Reichswehr personnel
- 20th-century Freikorps personnel
- World War II stubs