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  • Walter Weiß
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  • General Walter-Otto Weiß was a Wehrmacht High Command officer in World War II. He became Commander in Chief of Army Group North on the Eastern Front in 1945. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
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serviceyears
  • 1908
Birth Date
  • 1890-09-05
Commands
death place
  • Aschaffenburg, Bavaria
Name
  • Walter Weiß
Caption
  • Walter-Otto Weiß
Birth Place
  • Deggendorf, Bavaria
Title
  • Commander of Heeresgruppe Nord
  • Commander of 2. Armee
  • Commander of 26. Infantrie-Division
  • Commander of 97. leichte-Division
Awards
Rank
Allegiance
  • German Empire
  • Nazi Germany
  • Weimar Republic
Battles
Before
  • None
  • Generaloberst Dr. Lothar Rendulic
  • General Hans von Salmuth
  • General der Infanterie Sigismund von Forster
Years
  • --01-15
  • --03-12
  • --02-04
After
  • none
  • General der Infanterie Friedrich Wiese
  • General Dietrich von Saucken
  • General der Infanterie Sigismund von Förster
abstract
  • General Walter-Otto Weiß was a Wehrmacht High Command officer in World War II. He became Commander in Chief of Army Group North on the Eastern Front in 1945. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
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