Wilhelm Hasse | |
Birth Date: | 24 November 1894 |
Birth Place: | Neisse, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
Death Place: | Písek, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia |
Branch: | Army (Wehrmacht) |
Rank: | General of the Infantry |
Commands: | 30th Infantry Division II Army Corps 17th Army |
Unit: | Army Group North |
Battles: | World War II |
Awards: | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Wilhelm Hasse (24 November 1894 – 21 May 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 17th Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Hasse died on 21 May 1945 of wounds sustained earlier that month.
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