Walther Wenck (German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈvɛŋk]; 18 September 1900 – 1 May 1982) was a German officer and industrialist. He was the youngest General of the branch...
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and American illustrator Walther Wenck (1900–1982), German army officer Wenk This page lists people with the surname Wenck. If an internal link intending...
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the army consisted of XLVIII, XX, and XXXI Army Corps. Under General Walther Wenck, the 12th Army made the last attempt by a German Army to relieve the...
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Berlin to link up with the German Twelfth Army commanded by General Walther Wenck with the intention of heading west and surrendering to the Western Allies...
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to relieve Berlin. Holste was to attack from the north while General Walther Wenck attacked from the west and General Theodor Busse attacked from the south...
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proceeded to have an even more heated argument when Guderian insisted that Walther Wenck direct the offensive rather than Heinrich Himmler (the commander of...
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48 hours. Keitel promised to exert the utmost pressure on Generals Walther Wenck, commander of the Twelfth Army, and Theodor Busse, commander of the...
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1230), High German lyric poet Walther Wenck (1900–1982), youngest general in the German Army during World War II Walther Wever (general) (1887–1936), German...
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demanded that General Walther Wenck be given a special mandate to command the offensive by Army Group Vistula. Hitler sent Wenck with a "special mandate"...
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around 100,000 prisoners from the German Twelfth Army under General Walther Wenck, and the German Ninth Army (Germany) under General Theodor Busse. On...
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all was lost. Keitel promised to exert the utmost pressure on General Walther Wenck, who commanded the German 12th Army, and General Theodor Busse, who...
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River on or about May 2, 1945. The German 12th Army, under General Walther Wenck had previously done a 180 degree turn away from the Western Allies,...
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Konev Andrei Yeremenko Adolf Hitler Gotthard Heinrici Theodor Busse Walther Wenck Ferdinand Schörner Strength 1,000,000 280,000 192,143+ German soldiers...
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would be lost. Keitel promised to exert the utmost pressure on Generals Walther Wenck, commander of XII Army, and Theodor Busse, commander of the IX Army...
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Hitler out of his rage, General Alfred Jodl speculated that General Walther Wenck's XII Army, which was facing the Americans, could move to Berlin because...
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of Kapurthala (1935) Walter Staudinger (1942) Ismail of Johor (1942) Walther Wenck (1943) Emmerich Jordan (1944) Samuel C. Cumming Paul de Smet de Naeyer...
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Army 3 July 1942 – December 1942 Succeeded by General der Panzertruppe Walther Wenck Preceded by none Commander of Army Group E 31 December 1942 – 8 May...
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plan involved General Walther Wenck and his Twelfth Army. Wenck's army faced the Americans to the west. The new plan had Wenck attack with his army to...
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Ernst-Felix Fäckenstedt (24 April 1942 – 15 March 1943) Generalmajor Walther Wenck (15 March 1943 – 15 March 1944) Generalmajor Carl Wagener (15 March...
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northern Germany and were placed under the 12th Army under General Walther Wenck. On May 7 it surrendered to US troops at Tangermünde with the rest of...
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(13 May – 16 July 1943) Hans Röttiger (16 July 1943 – 24 March 1944) Walther Wenck (24 March – 22 July 1944) Wolf-Dietrich von Xylander (28 September 1944...
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Tangermünde c. 200,000 (195,000 German, 5,000 troops from the Soviet Union) Walther Wenck (12 Army) May 7 May 7 No commander for the 9th Army Germany All forces...
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General Walther Wenck to attack towards Berlin with the Twelfth Army, link up with the Ninth Army of General Theodor Busse, and relieve the city. Wenck launched...
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(promoted Generaloberst 1/9/1943) Nikolaus von Vormann (1895–1959) Walther Wenck (1900–1982) General der Panzertruppe Hasso von Manteuffel in 1944 General...
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link up with General Walther Wenck's unit, just south of Potsdam, because of the strong Soviet Red Army forces. On 28/29 April, Wenck's 12th Army held the...
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stowed Reitsch in his fuselage), asserting that they could get General Walther Wenck to save Berlin. Von Greim was ordered to get the Luftwaffe to attack...
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ultimately managed to break through to the west to link up with General Walther Wenck’s 12th Army south of Beelitz and then to withdraw west to the Elbe, cross...
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attack the Soviet forces encircling Berlin. The plan called for General Walther Wenck's Twelfth Army on the Elbe and Mulde fronts to be turned around and to...
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of breaking out to the southwest to link up with General Walther Wenck's 12th Army. Wenck's spearhead had reached the village of Ferch on the banks of...
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Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner's units alongside Lieutenant General Walther Wenck's 12th Army to mount a counter-attack. The generals find the orders impossible...
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