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Wilhelm Mohnke
Sign in to saveGerman Military Officer SS Regiment/Division Brigade commander (1911–2001)
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Theodor Wisch
- Succeeded by
- Otto Kumm
- Born
- 15 March 1911, Lübeck , German Empire
- Died
- 6 August 2001 (2001-08-06) (aged 90), Barsbüttel , Germany
- Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross , German Cross in Gold, War Merit Cross
- Allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- Branch service
- Waffen-SS
- Years of service
- 1931–1945
- Rank
- SS- Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS
- Commands
- 1. SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler , Kampfgruppe Mohnke
- Battles wars
- World War II
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wilhelm
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Lübeck
- Place of death
- Rahlstedt
- Occupation
- military officer
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Waffen-SS
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- Wilhelm Mohnke in 1999.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1911-03-15
- date of death
- 2001-08-06
- member of
- Schutzstaffel
- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
- name in native language
- Wilhelm Mohnke
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- start of work period
- 1931-00-00
- Commons category
- Wilhelm Mohnke
- end of work period
- 1945-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Wilhelm Mohnke (15 March 1911 – 6 August 2001) was a German brigadier general who was one of the original members of the Schutzstaffel SS-Stabswache Berlin (Staff Guard Berlin) formed in March 1933. Mohnke, who had joined the Nazi Party in September 1931, rose through the ranks to become one of Adolf Hitler's last remaining general officers at the end of World War II in Europe.
Mohnke participated in the fighting in France, Poland and the Balkans as part of the 1. SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. In 1943 he was appointed to command a regiment in the 12. SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. He led the unit in the Battle for Caen, receiving the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 11 July 1944. Mohnke was given command of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler division during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wilhelm Mohnke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.