Wilhelm Weber (SS officer)
Wilhelm Weber | |
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| Born | 19 March 1918 Pivitsheide |
| Died | 2 March 1980 (aged 61) Bensheim |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service | Army |
| Years of service | 1937–45 |
| Rank | Obersturmführer |
| Unit | SS Division Charlemagne |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Wilhelm Weber (19 March 1918 – 2 March 1980) was a mid-level commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a member of the SS Division Charlemagne and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
In April 1945, about 350 men of the division volunteered to go to fight in the Battle of Berlin in a unit which became known as Sturmbataillon Charlemagne.[1][2] Weber went with the group to Berlin as a group commander. During the fighting on 29 April, Weber was wounded and evacuated to the make-shift field hospital in the basement of the Reich Chancellery. It was his sixth combat wound of the war.[3] While there he briefed area commander, SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke as to the situation along front lines of the government district.[4] He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross by Mohnke on 29 April.[4]
Awards and decorations
[edit]- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 April 1945 as Obersturmführer and leader of the divisions combat school of the 33. Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Charlemagne"[5]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Forbes 2010, p. 394.
- ^ Littlejohn 1987, p. 173.
- ^ Forbes 2010, pp. 394, 439, 440.
- ^ a b Forbes 2010, p. 440.
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 355.
Bibliography
[edit]- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [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.
- Forbes, Robert (2010) [2006]. For Europe: The French Volunteers of the Waffen-SS. Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3581-0.
- Littlejohn, David (1987). Foreign Legions of the Third Reich Vol. 1 Norway, Denmark, France. Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-0912138176.
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