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  • Herbert Otto Gille
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  • Herbert Otto Gille (March 8, 1897 in Gandersheim – December 26, 1966) was a German general, and as a winner of the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds and of the German Cross in Gold, the most highly decorated member of the Waffen SS during World War II. By the end of the war he held the rank of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer und General der Waffen-SS.
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  • 5
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serviceyears
  • 1910
Birth Date
  • 1897-03-08
Commands
  • 5
Branch
death place
  • Stemmen near Hannover
Name
  • Herbert Otto Gille
Birth Place
Title
  • Commander of 5. SS-Panzer-Division Wiking
  • Commander of IV. SS-Panzerkorps
Awards
death date
  • 1966-12-26
Rank
  • 40
Allegiance
  • German Empire
  • Nazi Germany
  • Weimar Republic
Battles
Before
  • SS-Brigadeführer Nikolaus Heilmann
  • SS-Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner
Years
  • --05-01
  • --08-06
After
  • --05-08
  • SS-Oberführer Eduard Deisenhofer
laterwork
  • worked for a newspaper
abstract
  • Herbert Otto Gille (March 8, 1897 in Gandersheim – December 26, 1966) was a German general, and as a winner of the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds and of the German Cross in Gold, the most highly decorated member of the Waffen SS during World War II. By the end of the war he held the rank of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer und General der Waffen-SS.