Willy Langkeit Explained

Willy Langkeit
Birth Date:	2 June 1907
Birth Place:	Czukten, East Prussia
Death Place:	Bad Bramstedt, Schleswig-Holstein
Allegiance:
Branch:	Army Bundesgrenzschutz
Serviceyears:	1924–45 1951–67
Rank:	Generalmajor (Wehrmacht) Brigadegeneral (Bundesgrenzschutz)
Commands:	Panzer Division Kurmark
Battles:	World War II Polish campaign French campaign operation Barbarossa Battle of Stalingrad operation Uranus Battle of Kursk Battle of Berlin
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Willy Langkeit (2 June 1907 – 27 October 1969) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. After the war, Langkeit joined the Bundesgrenzschutz (Federal Border Guards) in 1951, retiring in 1967.^[1]

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (10 November 1939) & 1st Class (30 August 1940)^[2]
• German Cross in Gold on 1 July 1942 as Major in the II./Panzer-Regiment 36^[3]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 9 December 1942 as Major and commander of I./Panzer-Regiment 36^[4]
  • Oak Leaves on 7 December 1943 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Panzer-Regiment 36^[5]

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Notes and References

1. Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

   . 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.
   

   • Book: Patzwall . Klaus D. . Scherzer . Veit . 2001 . Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II . The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 . German . Norderstedt, Germany . Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall . 978-3-931533-45-8.
     * Book: Thomas , Franz . 1998 . Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z . The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2300-9.
2. Thomas 1998, p. 10.
3. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 269.
4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 233.
5. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 65.