Walter Neumann-Silkow
Appearance
Walter Neumann-Silkow | |
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Born | Groß Silkow, Province of Pomerania, Prussia, German Empire | 10 April 1894
Died | 9 December 1941 Derna, Italian Libya | (aged 47)
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | Army |
Rank | Generalleutnant (Posthumously) |
Unit | World War II |
Commands | 8th Panzer Division 33rd Infantry Division |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Walter Neumann-Silkow (10 April 1894 – 9 December 1941) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Neumann-Silkow died of wounds on 9 December 1941 at a military hospital in Italian Libya. He was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant.
Awards and decorations
[edit]- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 August 1940 as Oberst and commander of 8. Schützen-Brigade[1]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 265.
Bibliography
[edit]- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [First published 1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Categories:
- 1894 births
- 1941 deaths
- People from Słupsk County
- Military personnel from the Province of Pomerania
- Lieutenant generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
- Prussian Army personnel
- German Army personnel of World War I
- Reichswehr personnel
- German Army generals of World War II
- German Army personnel killed in World War II
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross