Wilhelm Schmalz
Wilhelm Schmalz was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Schmalz surrendered to American troops in May 1945.
Schmalz was tried and acquitted of war crimes by a court in Rome on 12 July 1950. This included the Civitella in Val di Chiana massacre on 29 June 1944 where 146 civilians were murdered by soldiers of the Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross 2nd Class & 1st Class
- German Cross in Gold on 8 February 1942 as Major in Kradschützen-Bataillon 59
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- * Knight's Cross on 28 November 1940 as Major and commander of I./Kavallerie-Schützen-Regiment 11
- * 358th Oak Leaves on 23 December 1943 as Oberst and commander of Panzerbrigade z.b.V. der Panzer-Division "Hermann Göring"