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"