Walther Lucht Explained

Walter Lucht
Birth Date:26 February 1882
Birth Place:Berlin, German Empire
Death Place:Heilbronn, Allied-occupied Germany
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Branch:Army
Rank:General der Artillerie
Commands:87. Infanterie-Division
336. Infanterie Division
LXVI Reservekorps
LXVI. Armeekorps
11th Armee
Battles:World War II
Awards:Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Walter Lucht (26 February 1882 – 18 March 1949) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who held commands at division, corps and army levels. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Lucht was released from an American POW camp in 1948, and died in a car crash in 1949.

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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. 39.
  2. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 286.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 243.
  4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 79.