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    Helmuth Otto Ludwig Weidling (2 November 1891 – 17 November 1955) was a German general during the Second World War. He was the last commander of the Berlin...
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    advanced towards the southern suburbs of Berlin. On 23 April General Helmuth Weidling assumed command of the forces within Berlin. The garrison consisted...
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  • footballer Helmuth Stieff (1901–1944), German general and member of the OKH Helmuth Ternberg (1893–1971), Swedish intelligence officer Helmuth Weidling (1891–1955)...
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  • Weidling may refer to: Helmuth Weidling (1891–1955), German General der Artillerie during World War II Weidling, Klosterneuburg [de], a village within...
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  • Although Hitler had appointed General Helmuth Weidling as defense commandant of Berlin, Mohnke remained free of Weidling's command to maintain his defense objectives...
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  • unusually fast promotion and became the chief-of-staff to General Helmuth Weidling, the commanding officer of the LVI Tank Corps (LVI Panzerkorps). In...
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    (General der Artillerie) Helmuth Weidling commander of the Berlin Defence Area. Only a day earlier, Hitler had ordered that Weidling be executed by firing...
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  • refuses. On the frontline, General Helmuth Weidling is informed he will be executed for allegedly ordering a retreat. Weidling comes to the Führerbunker to...
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    replaced by General Helmuth Weidling, commander of the understrength LVI Panzer Corps. For a brief period between Kaether and Weidling, Hitler himself took...
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    fell to General Helmuth Weidling, the commander of the Berlin Defense Area. On 2 May, with Krebs in no condition to do it himself, Weidling contacted Chuikov...
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    Helmuth Weidling: 15 October 1943 – 19 June 1944 Lieutenant-General Edmund Hoffmeister: 19 June – 1 July 1944 General of Artillery Helmuth Weidling:...
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    II. German military officers known to have worn a monocle include Helmuth Weidling, Hans Krebs, Werner von Fritsch, Erich Ludendorff, Walter Model, Walter...
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    shoot himself. On 23 April, Hitler appointed General of the Artillery Helmuth Weidling, commander of the LVI Panzer Corps, as the commander of the Berlin...
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  • replaced Reymann with General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling as the commander of the Berlin Defense Area. Weidling kept Refior and made him his "civil" Chief-of-Staff...
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    Führerbunker, Hitler had a meeting with General Helmuth Weidling, the commander of the Berlin Defence Area. Weidling told Hitler that the garrison would probably...
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    Artillery General (General der Artillerie) Helmuth Weidling the new commander of the Berlin Defence Area. Weidling remained in command of Berlin's defenses...
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  • the pressure on officers like Wöhlermann. To better allow General Helmuth Weidling to concentrate on his overall responsibilities as city commandant,...
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  • Werner Schwiedel Gerhard Schach Hans Fritzsche Käthe Heusermann 2 May Helmuth Weidling Hans Refior Theodor von Dufving Siegfried Knappe Rochus Misch Still...
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    Werner Schwiedel Gerhard Schach Hans Fritzsche Käthe Heusermann 2 May Helmuth Weidling Hans Refior Theodor von Dufving Siegfried Knappe Rochus Misch Still...
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  • 'blocking group' (German: Sperrgruppe) under the command of General Helmuth Weidling. This included several new formations in addition to the very few troops...
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    the next day. The Battle in Berlin ended when General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling, commander of the Berlin Defence Area, unconditionally surrendered...
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  • to 10 April 1945 General of the Artillery (General der Artillerie) Helmuth Weidling – from 10 April 1945 to 2 May 1945, briefly replaced by Major General...
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    Volyna, Ukrainian Army Major, Commander of 36th Marine Infantry Brigade Helmuth Weidling, German Army general Paul Whelan, American arrested in Moscow for espionage...
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    Major Günther Specht, 25 November 1943 (gold) General of the Artillery Helmuth Weidling, 23 June 1942 (gold) General der Infanterie Hans Krebs, 26 January...
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    committed suicide. On 2 May hostilities officially ended by order of Helmuth Weidling, Commandant of the Berlin Defense Area. After Vienna was captured,...
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    Germans, 30 French and 9,000 other foreigners) General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling May 2 May 2, at 6:00 PM Germany XXI Army and the Third Panzer Army...
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  • 1945) CI Corps (to mid-April) LVI Panzer Corps (General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling from 12 April 1945 to 23 April 1945) XI SS Panzer Corps V SS Mountain...
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    Voloshyn, former president of Carpatho-Ukraine, died in Butyrka in 1945 Helmuth Weidling, German Wehrmacht general and last commandant of Berlin, died in custody...
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    committed suicide in his bunker. The German garrison commander, General Helmuth Weidling, then surrendered. Individual German troops continued fighting while...
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    among the fiercest fighters. Although the city commander, General Helmuth Weidling, ordered Axmann to disband the Hitler Youth combat formations, in the...
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