Stemmermann, Wilhelm
- Date of birth:
- October 23rd, 1888 (Rastatt/Baden, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 18th, 1944 (Potschapinzy/Tscherkassy, Ukraine)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
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1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor (Brigadegeneraal)
- Unit:
- 13.Armeekorps (13th Army Corps)
- Awarded on:
- September 12th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor (Brigadegeneraal)
- Unit:
- 13.Armeekorps (13th Army Corps)
- Awarded on:
- September 23rd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 296.Infanterie-Division (Commander 296th Infantry Division)
- Awarded on:
- January 11th, 1942
Award 52/36.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Artillerie (Luitenant-generaal der Artillerie)
- Unit:
- Kommandierender General XI.Armeekorps / 8.Armee / Heeresgruppe Süd
- Awarded on:
- February 7th, 1944
2650th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General der Artillerie (Luitenant-generaal der Artillerie)
- Unit:
- Kommandierender General XI.Armeekorps (Commander 11th Army Corps)
- Awarded on:
- February 18th, 1944
Awarded for his leadership of the troops inside the Korsun pocket right up until the moment of the final breakout. Until that point he had done a masterful job of holding the pocket and advancing in the direction of the relief forces, before being killed at the last moment when a Soviet AT gun knocked out his staff car.
399th Award.
Awarded posthumously
399th Award.
Awarded posthumously
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 20th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- February 22nd, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Luitenant-kolonel)
- Unit:
- 23.Artillerieregiment (23rd Artillery Regiment)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Kolonel)
- Unit:
- 13.Armeekorps (13th Army Corps)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Kolonel)
- Unit:
- 13.Armeekorps (13th Army Corps)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Kolonel)
- Unit:
- 13.Armeekorps (13th Army Corps)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: STIWOT
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
- Personal Papers
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