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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
German general
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Male
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Birth:
23 July 1891(Mülheim an der Ruhr, Düsseldorf Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Death:
11 March 1977(Hamelin, Hamelin-Pyrmont, Lower Saxony, Germany)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Walter Hartmann (23 July 1891 – 11 March 1977) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany.
During the evacuation of Crimea in 1944, he escaped on the Romanian minelayer Amiral Murgescu and reached the Romanian port of Constanța.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (28 September 1914) & 1st Class (30 September 1916)
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (21 September 1939) & 1st Class (1 October 1939)
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Knight's Cross on 10 August 1941 as Oberst and Artilleriekommandeur 140
- 340th Oak Leaves on 30 November 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of the 87th Infantry Division
- 139th Swords on 18 March 1945 as General der Artillerie and commanding general of the VIII. Armeekorps
- Certificate of Recognition of the commander of the army as a colonel and Arko 140 (30 July 1941)