Oskar Munzel

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Oskar Munzel
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1989-090-27, Oskar Munzel.jpg
Born 13 March 1899
Grimmen
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Bad Godesberg
Allegiance  German Empire (to 1918)
 Weimar Republic (to 1933)
 Nazi Germany (to 1945)
 West Germany
Service/branch Heer
Years of service 1917–45
1956–62
Rank Generalmajor (Wehrmacht)
Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)
Commands held 14. Panzer-Division
2. Panzer-Division
Battles/wars World War I

World War II

Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Other work Military advisor in Egypt and Taiwan

Oskar Munzel (13 March 1899 – 1 January 1992) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a General der Kampftruppen in the Bundeswehr who commanded several divisions. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Oskar Munzel was captured by Allied troops in 1945 and was released in 1947. For 4 years he served as a military advisor in Egypt, and then he joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired in 1962. Munzel then acted as the Chief Advisor of Ming-teh-Gruppe (German Military Advisory Group) in Taiwan for the Republic of China Armed Forces before returning to Germany.[1][2]

Awards and decorations

References

Citations

  1. Hoover Institution 2013.
  2. Wang 2007.
  3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 262.

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Military offices
Preceded by
Generalleutnant Martin Unrein
Commander of 14. Panzer-Division
5 September 1944 – 1 December 1944
Succeeded by
Generalleutnant Martin Unrein
Preceded by Commander of 2. Panzer-Division
20 March 1945 – 3 April 1945
Succeeded by
Major i.G. Waldemar von Gazen