Clemens Betzel Explained

Clemens Betzel
Birth Date:	9 June 1895
Death Place:	east prussia
Branch:	Army
Rank:	Generalleutnant
Commands:	4th Panzer Division
Battles:	First World WarSecond World War Annexation of Austria Annexation of the Sudetenland German invasion of Poland Battle of France Eastern Front Operation Barbarossa Battle of Białystok–Minsk Battle of Kiev (1941) Battle of Moscow Battle of Kursk Eastern Allied invasion of Germany Lublin–Brest Offensive Battle of Radzymin (1944) Courland Pocket
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Clemens Betzel (9 June 1895 – 27 March 1945) was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who commanded the 4. Panzer-Division during World War II. He was a recipient of the Kight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. He died of a shell splinter during the East Pomeranian Offensive.

Awards and decorations

• Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (24 September 1939) & 1st Class (10 October 1939)^[1]
• German Cross in Gold on 11 March 1943 as Oberst in Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 103^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 5 September 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of 4. Panzer-Division^[3]
  • Oak Leaves on 11 March 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 4. Panzer-Division^[4]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 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 . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.

• Book: Patzwall . Klaus D. . Scherzer . Veit . 2001 . Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II . The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 . German . Norderstedt, Germany . Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall . 978-3-931533-45-8.
• Book: Thomas , Franz . 1997 . Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K . The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2299-6.

Notes and References

1. Thomas 1997, p. 42.
2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 40.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 112.
4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 82.