Wrede, Freiherr von, Theodor
- Date of birth:
- November 3rd, 1888 (Hamburg-Wandsbek/Hamburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 30th, 1973 (Bonn/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 290.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- December 26th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur 290.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- February 22nd, 1942
“Generalleutnant Theodor Freiherr von Wrede managed to defeat all Soviet attacks against the thinly-spread positions of his Division during the course of a five-week period. He has decisively influenced the combat of his Korps through his flexible leadership and personal intervention in the combat with ragtag forces of his own.”
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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