Wilhelm Hasse

Wilhelm Hasse
Born24 November 1894
Neisse, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died21 May 1945(1945-05-21) (aged 50)
Písek, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Military career
AllegianceGerman Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Branch
German Army
Service years
1914–1945
Rank
General der Infanterie
UnitArmy Group North
Commands30th Infantry Division
II Army Corps
17th Army
Conflicts
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Wilhelm Hasse (24 November 1894 – 21 May 1945) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Hasse was born in Neiße, then part of the German Province of Silesia (today, Nysa, Poland) in 1894. He entered the Imperial German Army in 1914 and fought in World War I as a junior officer and a regimental adjutant. At the end of the war, he remained in the peacetime Reichswehr as a career officer and served in several staff postings on the general staff. In World War II, he was a divisional and corps commander, and commanded the 17th Army in the final months of the war in Europe. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Captured by the Red Army, Hasse died in a prisoner of war camp on 21 May 1945 of wounds sustained earlier that month.

Awards and decorations

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Webb 2024, p. 27.
  2. 1 2 Thomas 1997, p. 252.
  3. 1 2 3 Reichswehrministerium (Ed.): Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres. E.S. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin: 1930, p. 145.
  4. ↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 168.
  5. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 179.
  6. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 79.

Bibliography

  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
  • Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
  • Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.
  • Webb, James Jack (2024). Generals and Admirals of the Third Reich: For Country or Fuehrer. Vol. 2: H–O. Havertown, PA: Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-952-71517-4.