Gottfried Weber (general) explained

Gottfried Weber
Birth Name:Gottfried Ludwig Weber
Birth Date:31 January 1899
Birth Place:German Empire
Death Place:Villach, Austria
Allegiance:


Branch:Army
Bundeswehr
Serviceyears:1917–20
1934–45
1956–58
Rank:Generalleutnant (Wehrmacht)
Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)
Commands:81. Infanterie-Division
61. Infanterie-Division
93rd Infantry Division
12th Luftwaffe Field Division
XVI Army Corps
Battles:World War II
Awards:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Gottfried Ludwig Weber (31 January 1899 – 16 August 1958) was a German general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Weber surrendered to the Soviet forces in May 1945 in the Courland Pocket. Convicted in the Soviet Union as a war criminal, he was held until 1955. In 1956 Weber joined the Bundeswehr, reaching the rank of a Generalmajor. He died on 16 August 1958 in an automobile collision in Villach, Austria.

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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. Thomas 1998, p. 418.
  2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 498.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 355.
  4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 71.