Wilhelm von Malachowski Military person

Wilhelm Hans Joachim von Malachowski (6 June 1914 – 28 October 1980) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 06, 1914
Birth place
Germany , Rostock
Date of deathOctober 28, 1980
Place of death
Cologne , Germany

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Military person

allegianceNazi Germany (to 1945)
award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations
Battle of Stalingrad
Operation Barbarossa
Invasion of Poland
Third Battle of Kharkov
Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket
Battle of Kursk
World War II
Battle of France
Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
Battle of Moscow
Battles of Rzhev
military branch
German Army (1935–45)
military commandSturmgeschütz-Abteilung 228
service start1935
service end1945

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External resources

  1. http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/M/MalachowskiWv.htm