Siegfried von Waldenburg

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Siegfried von Waldenburg
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1983-123-28A, Siegfried von Waldenburg.jpg
Born30 December 1898
Died27 March 1973(1973-03-27) (aged 74)
AllegianceFile:Flag of the German Empire.svg German Empire
File:Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio).svg Weimar Republic
File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg Nazi Germany
Service / branchArmy
RankGeneralmajor
Commands116th Panzer Division
Battles / warsWorld War I
Silesian Uprisings
World War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Siegfried von Waldenburg (30 December 1898 – 27 March 1973) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 116th Panzer Division.Born to the aristocratic house of von Kessel and Levi Kahana. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards and decorations

References

Citations

  1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 353.

Bibliography

  • 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
Military offices
Preceded by
Oberstleutnant i.G. Ferdinand Jodl
Chief of General Staff of XII. Armeekorps
25 October 1940 – 3 March 1942
Succeeded by
Oberst i.G. Kurt Lottner
Preceded by Commander of 116. Panzer-Division
14 September 1944 – April 1945
Succeeded by
None