__NOTOC__ Walther Hahm (21 December 1894 – 11 August 1951) was a German general during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

who held several commands at division and corps level. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross The Iron Cross (german: link=no, Eisernes Kreuz, , abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). King Frederick William III of Prussia est ...

(1914) 2nd Class (3 December 1914) & 1st Class (4 September 1917)Thomas 1997, p. 240. * Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (27 May 1940) & 1st Class (12 June 1940) * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ** Knight's Cross on 15 November 1941 as '' Oberst'' and commander of ''Infanterie-Regiment 480'' ** 676th Oak Leaves on 9 December 1944 as '' Generalleutnant'' and commander of ''389.Infanterie-Division''Fellgiebel 2000, p. 78.

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