Discussion
Ask a question about 'Walther Wenck' Start a new discussion about 'Walther Wenck' Answer questions from other users |
Captive, prisoner, and death
Wenck was captured and put in a prisoner of war camp. He was released in 1947. In 1982, Wenck died in a car accident in
Bad RothenfeldeBad Rothenfelde is a municipality and health resort in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Teutoburg Forest, approx. 20 km southeast of Osnabrück, between Hilter and Dissen. Bad Rothenfelde has a spa, hospital, clothes shops and many cafés....
.
See also
- Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of the European Theatre of World War II....
- 1945
- Battle of Halbe
The Battle of Halbe lasted from April 24 - May 1, 1945 was a battle in which the German Ninth Army, under the command of Colonel General Theodor Busse was destroyed as a fighting force by the Red Army during the Battle for Berlin....
- 1945
- Hans Krebs
Hans Krebs was a German Army general of infantry who served during World War II.-Early life:Krebs was born in Helmstedt. He volunteered for service in the Imperial German Army in 1914, was promoted to lieutenant in 1915, and to first lieutenant in 1925...
, Chief of Staff
- Helmuth Weidling
Helmuth Otto Ludwig Weidling was an officer in the German Army before and during World War II...
, Commander of the Berlin Defense Area
- Felix Steiner
Felix Martin Julius Steiner was a German Reichswehr and Waffen-SS officer who served in both World War I and World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords...
, Commander of the Eleventh SS Panzer Army
- Theodor Busse
Ernst Hermann August Theodor Busse was a German officer during World War I and World War II.- Career :...
, Commander of the German 9th Army
- Gotthard Heinrici
Gotthard Heinrici was a general in the German Army during World War II.-Personal life:Heinrici's was born in Gumbinnen , East Prussia, on Christmas Day, 1886, to Paul Heinrici, a local Lutheran minister of the Prussian Church, and his wife Gisela, née von Rauchhaupt, who was of recent Jewish descent...
, Commander of Army Group Vistula
Further reading