Willi Rothhaar Military person

Willi Rothhaar (18 October 1915 – 12 January 1998) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant der Reserve in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Personal facts

Birth dateOctober 18, 1915
Birth place
Germany , Bexbach
Date of deathJanuary 12, 1998
Place of death
Germany , Saarbrücken

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Military person

allegianceNazi Germany
award
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
military operations
Battle of Stalingrad
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket
World War II
Battle of France
Courland Pocket
Invasion of Yugoslavia
Battle of Kiev (1941)
Battle of the Dnieper
Siege of Sevastopol (1941–42)
military branch
German Army

Willi Rothhaar on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Infanterie/R/Rothhaar-willi.htm