Gerhard Matzky Explained

Gerhard Matzky
Birth Date:19 March 1894
Birth Place:Küstrin, Prussia
Death Place:Bad Godesberg, Germany
Allegiance:
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.

Awards and decorations

References

Bibliography

. 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.

Notes and References

  1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 249.