Gerhard Matzky | |
Birth Date: | 19 March 1894 |
Birth Place: | Küstrin, Prussia |
Death Place: | Bad Godesberg, Germany |
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Branch: | Army (Wehrmacht) Bundeswehr |
Rank: | General of the Infantry (Wehrmacht) Generalleutnant (Bundeswehr) |
Commands: | 21st Infantry Division XXVIII Army Corps XXVI. Armeekorps |
Battles: | World War II |
Awards: | Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Gerhard Matzky (19 March 1894 – 9 June 1983) was a German general during World War II who commanded several corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Matzky joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and served until 1960.
As a colonel, he was the German military attaché to Japan from 1938 to 1940.
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