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Oskar Munzel | |
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Born | 13 March 1899 Grimmen, German Empire |
Died | 1 January 1992(1992-01-01) (aged 92) Bad Godesberg, Bonn, Germany |
Allegiance | German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany West Germany |
Service | Army |
Years of service | 1917–45 1956–62 |
Rank | Generalmajor (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr) |
Commands | 14th Panzer Division 2nd Panzer Division |
Battles / wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Oskar Munzel (13 March 1899 – 1 January 1992) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II and in the Bundeswehr of West Germany who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. After the war, he served as a military advisor in Egypt, and then he joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired in 1962. Munzel then acted as the Chief Advisor of Ming-teh-Gruppe (German Military Advisory Group) in Taiwan for the Republic of China Armed Forces before returning to Germany.
Awards and decorations
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 October 1944 as Oberst and commander of 14. Panzer-Division
- Federal Cross of Merit
References
Citations
- Hoover Institution 2013.
- Wang 2007.
- Fellgiebel 2000, p. 262.
Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) . 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.
- "Chiang Kai-shek's Secret Military Advisers Unveiled". Stanford, California: Hoover Institution. 2013.
- Wang, Yue-che (2007). German Military Advisors in Taiwan 1963-1975 (明德專案 : 德國軍事顧問在台工作史實) (in Chinese). Taipei, Taiwan: Transoxania Publishing Corp. ISBN 9789574146543.
Military offices | ||
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Preceded byGeneralleutnant Martin Unrein | Commander of 14. Panzer-Division 5 September 1944 – 1 December 1944 |
Succeeded byGeneralleutnant Martin Unrein |
Preceded byGeneralmajor Meinrad von Lauchert | Commander of 2. Panzer-Division 20 March 1945 – 3 April 1945 |
Succeeded byMajor i.G. Waldemar von Gazen |
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 14th Panzer Division | |
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Staff |
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Units |
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Knight's Cross with the 6th Panzer Division. Knight's Cross with the [256th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) |
- 1899 births
- 1992 deaths
- Bundeswehr generals
- Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- People from Vorpommern-Rügen
- Military personnel from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Panzer commanders