Walter Melzer

Walter Melzer
Walter Melzer
Born	7 October 1894; Leipzig
Died	Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day; Bremen
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918); Weimar Republic (to 1933); Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1914–45
Rank	General der Infanterie
Commands held	252. Infanterie-Division; XXIII. Armeekorps
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Invasion of Poland; Battle of Belgium; Battle of France; Battle of Dunkirk; Operation Barbarossa; Siege of Leningrad; Battle of Voronezh (1942); Operation Bagration; Vilnius Offensive; Baltic Offensive (1944); Battle of Memel; East Prussian Offensive;
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Walter Melzer (7 October 1894 – 23 June 1961) was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the XXIII corps. 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.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class (9 August 1915)^[1]
- 1st Class (10 March 1918)^[1]
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (16 September 1939)^[1]
- 1st Class (3 October 1939)^[1]
Eastern Front Medal
German Cross in Gold on 11 February 1943 as Oberst in Grenadier-Regiment 694^[2]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 21 August 1941 as Oberst and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 151^[3]
- 558th Oak Leaves on 23 August 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 252. Infanterie-Division^[4]

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Notes

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Preceded by Generalleutnant Hans Schäfer	Commander of 252. Infanterie-Division 24 January 1943 - 12 October 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Paul Drekmann
Preceded by General der Pioniere Otto Tiemann	Commander of XXIII. Armeekorps 12 October 1944 - May 1945	Succeeded by None

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Thomas 1998, p. 72.
↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 303.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 252.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 73.

[Thomas_p72-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Thomas 1998, p. 72.

[2] Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 303.

[3] Fellgiebel 2000, p. 252.

[4] Fellgiebel 2000, p. 73.

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v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 61st Infantry Division
Stab	Siegfried Haenicke (Pour le Mérite) Werner Hühner Günther Krappe Rudolf Sperl
Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 151	Arno Geelhaar Helmut Kopp Helmut Krüger Bruno Liedtcke Walter Luitjens Walter Melzer¹ (Oak Leaves) Erich Müller-Melahn Werner Pankow Emil Sibbel Gerhard Zonewitz
Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 162	Günther Bergerhoff Reinhold Böhmke Bruno Ehm Martin Hrustak (Oak Leaves) Bruno Karczewski² (Oak Leaves) Wilhelm Kubel Gottfried Weber³ (Oak Leaves) Otto Weidhofer
Infanterie/Grenadier-Regiment 176	Erich Eisenblätter Bruno Karczewski² (Oak Leaves) Traugott Kempas (Oak Leaves) Helmut Neuber Hans-Gotthard Pestke (Oak Leaves) Kurt Radeck Günter Sahner
Artillerie-Regiment 161	Jarislaff von Kleist-Retzow Günter Raabe
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 161	Johannes Heisel Friedemann Kolbus Claus Pieper Max Edler von der Planitz
Schnelle Abteilung 161	Rudolf Löchner
Aufklärungs-Abteilung 161	Botho von Frantzius
Pionier-Bataillon 161	Heinrich Schulz Fritz Stürtz Alois Wolf
¹ Oak Leaves with the 252nd Infantry Division. ² Knight's Cross with Grenadier-Regiment 162, Oak Leaves with Grenadier-Regiment 176. ³ Oak Leaves with the 12th Luftwaffe Field Division

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Walter Melzer
Born	7 October 1894 Leipzig
Died	Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Bremen
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1914–45
Rank	General der Infanterie
Commands held	252. Infanterie-Division XXIII. Armeekorps
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of Belgium Battle of France Battle of Dunkirk Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Battle of Voronezh (1942) Operation Bagration Vilnius Offensive Baltic Offensive (1944) Battle of Memel East Prussian Offensive
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves