Heinz Wittchow von Brese-Winiary

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military of the Third Reich during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadership of his troops in battle to a low-ranking soldier for a single act of extreme gallantry. A total of 7,321 awards were made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945. This number is based on the analysis and acceptance of the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD—Reich Labour Service) and the Volkssturm (German national militia). There were also 43 recipients in the military forces of allies of the Third Reich.

These recipients are listed in the 1986 edition of Walther-Peer Fellgiebel's book, Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile — The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches. Fellgiebel was the former chairman and head of the order commission of the AKCR. In 1996 a second edition of this book was published with an addendum delisting 11 of these original recipients. Author and historian Veit Scherzer has cast doubt on a further 193 of these listings. The majority of the disputed recipients had received the award in 1945, when the deteriorating situation of the Third Reich during the final days of World War II left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process. Scherzer wrote his book in cooperation with the German Federal Archives. The book was chosen by Prof. Dr. Franz W. Seidler for the library of the Bundeswehr University Munich and Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) and is considered an accepted reference there. For many years Fellgiebel's book was considered the main reference work on this topic and has now been succeeded by Scherzer's work.

Listed here are the 446 Knight's Cross recipients of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS whose last name starts with "W". Scherzer has challenged the validity of 11 of these listings. The recipients are initially ordered alphabetically by last name. The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross was awarded.

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments. The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Article 2 of the enactment mandated that the award of a higher class be preceded by the award of all preceding classes. As the war progressed, some of the recipients of the Knight's Cross distinguished themselves further and a higher grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub), was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred to, were based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940. In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 introduced the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern) and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten). At the end of 1944 the final grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit goldenem Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten), based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, became the final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized.

The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) kept separate Knight's Cross lists for the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), Luftwaffe (Air Force) and Waffen-SS. Within each of these lists a unique sequential number was assigned to each recipient. The same numbering paradigm was applied to the higher grades of the Knight's Cross, one list per grade. Of the 446 awards made to servicemen whose last name starts with "W", 46 were later awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and 11 the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords; 41 presentations were made posthumously. Heer members received 307 of the medals; 22 went to the Kriegsmarine, 92 to the Luftwaffe, and 25 to the Waffen-SS. The sequential numbers greater than 843 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and 143 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords are unofficial and were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) and are therefore denoted in parentheses.

  This along with the + (plus) indicates that a higher grade of Knight's Cross was awarded as well.
  This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the Knight's Cross was awarded posthumously.
  This along with the ? (question mark) indicates that historian Veit Scherzer has expressed doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.

Name	Service	Rank	Role and unit	Date of award	Notes	Image
Wabro, FranzFranz Wabro	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Group leader in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 534	000000001944-07-04-00004 July 1944	—	—
Wachowiak, FriedrichFriedrich Wachowiak	Luftwaffe	06-LUnteroffizier	Pilot in the III./Jagdgeschwader 52	000000001942-04-05-00005 April 1942	—	—
Wack, HansHans Wack	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 485	000000001941-10-23-000023 October 1941	—	—
Waetjen, RudolfRudolf Wätjen	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Großdeutschland"	000000001943-04-14-000014 April 1943	—	—
Wagener, CarlCarl Wagener	Heer	17-HOberst im Generalstab (in the General Staff)	Chief of the general staff of the 1. Panzerarmee	000000001944-05-14-000014 May 1944	—	—
Wagener, Dr. OttoDr. Otto Wagener?	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor	Commander Division Insel Rhodos	000000001945-05-05-00005 May 1945	—	—
Wagenfeld, LudwigLudwig Wagenfeld	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 3.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 122	000000001943-03-24-000024 March 1943	—	—
Wagner, EdmundEdmund Wagner	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 51	000000001941-11-17-000017 November 1941*	Killed in action 13 November 1941	—
Wagner, ErichErich Wagner	Heer	04-HObergefreiter	Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 16./Jäger-Regiment 38	000000001943-08-23-000023 August 1943	—	—
Wagner, FerdinandFerdinand Wagner	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Rifle leader in the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 32	000000001944-12-12-000012 December 1944	—	—
Wagner, GustavGustav Wagner	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 44	000000001941-12-14-000014 December 1941	—	—
Wagner, HansHans Wagner	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 5	000000001943-04-18-000018 April 1943	—	—
Wagner, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Wagner	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Chief of the Stabsbatterie/Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 286	000000001945-01-25-000025 January 1945	—	—
Wagner, HeinzHeinz Wagner	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Kradschützen-Bataillon 6	000000001943-01-24-000024 January 1943	—	—
Wagner, HelmutHelmut Wagner	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1	000000001942-01-24-000024 January 1942	—	—
Wagner, HelmutHelmut Wagner	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 431	000000001944-12-09-00009 December 1944	—	—
Wagner, HerbertHerbert Wagner	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant	Commander of the 132. Infanterie-Division	000000001944-10-23-000023 October 1944	—	—
Wagner, JosefJosef Wagner	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 1./Jäger-Regiment 227	000000001945-02-18-000018 February 1945	—	—
Wagner, JürgenJürgen Wagner+	Waffen-SS	17-WSS-Oberführer	Commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania"	000000001943-07-24-000024 July 1943	Awarded 680th Oak Leaves 11 December 1944	—
Wagner, KlausKlaus Wagner	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Leader of the 3./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 667	000000001942-09-04-00004 September 1942	—	—
Wagner, RudolfRudolf Wagner	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant	Pilot in the 12./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"	000000001944-03-26-000026 March 1944	Missing in action 11 December 1943	—
Wagner, WernerWerner Wagner	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 3./Panzer-Jäger-Lehr-Abteilung 130	000000001945-04-14-000014 April 1945	—	—
Wagner, WilhelmWilhelm Wagner	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of the II./Artillerie-Regiment 158	000000001944-04-11-000011 April 1944	—	—
Wagner, WilliWilli Wagner	Heer	10-HOberwachtmeister	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Heeres-Küsten-Artillerie-Abteilung 789	000000001943-05-17-000017 May 1943	—	—
Wahl, DietmarDietmar Wahl	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 282	000000001943-08-29-000029 August 1943*	Died of wounds 13 August 1943	—
Wahl, ErnstErnst Wahl	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 389	000000001944-09-17-000017 September 1944	—	—
Wahl, HansHans Wahl	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 23	000000001944-03-26-000026 March 1944	—	—
Wahl, KurtKurt Wahl+	Waffen-SS	14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer	Leader of a Kampfgruppe in SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 38 "Götz von Berlichingen"	000000001944-08-23-000023 August 1944	Awarded 720th Oak Leaves 1 February 1945	—
Wahl, WolfgangWolfgang Wahl	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the II./Panzer-Regiment 8	000000001942-01-06-00006 January 1942	—	—
Waldecker, HelmutHelmut Waldecker	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Staffelkapitän in the I./Kampfgeschwader 6	000000001943-11-22-000022 November 1943	—	—
Walden, BrunoBruno Walden	Waffen-SS	15-WMajor of the Schupo	Commander of the III./SS-Polizei-Regiment 2	000000001945-01-18-000018 January 1945	—	—
Waldenburg, Siegfried vonSiegfried von Waldenburg	Heer	17-HOberst	Leader of the 116. Panzer-Division	000000001944-12-09-00009 December 1944	—
Waldenfels, Rudolf Freiherr vonRudolf Freiherr von Waldenfels+	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Schützen-Regiment 4	000000001941-10-11-000011 October 1941	Awarded 476th Oak Leaves 14 May 1944	—
Waldhauser, JohannJohann Waldhauser	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 9./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77	000000001942-01-24-000024 January 1942	—	—
Waldmann, HansHans Waldmann	Luftwaffe	09-LFeldwebel	Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 52	000000001944-02-05-00005 February 1944	—	—
Waldmüller, HansHans Waldmüller	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer	Commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25 "Hitlerjugend"	000000001944-08-27-000027 August 1944	—	—
Waldner, FranzFranz Waldner	Heer	04-HObergefreiter	Richtschütze (gunner) in the 2./schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 655	000000001944-08-12-000012 August 1944	—	—
Waldow, HermannHermann Waldow	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of Panzerspäh-Kompanie 700	000000001943-01-30-000030 January 1943	—	—
Walle, GustavGustav Walle?	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung "Großdeutschland"	000000001945-05-08-00008 May 1945	—	—
Wallhäuser, [Prof. Dr.] Karl-Heinz[Prof. Dr.] Karl-Heinz Wallhäuser	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 1./Fallschirm-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung "Hermann Göring"	000000001944-11-30-000030 November 1944	—	—
Wallowitz, WaltherWalther Wallowitz	Heer	12-HLeutnant	Leader of the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 82	000000001943-11-14-000014 November 1943*	Killed in action 20 October 1943	—
Walter, DomenikusDomenikus Walter	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel	Pilot in the IV./Kampfgeschwader z.b.V. 1	000000001942-12-24-000024 December 1942	—	—
Walter, GerhardGerhard Walter	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 5.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 29 (motorized)	000000001944-01-01-00001 January 1944	—	—
Walter, HelmutHelmut Walter?	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Battalion leader in Feld-Unteroffizier-Schule Dahlhausen (2. Panzer-Division)	000000001945-05-09-00009 May 1945	—	—
Walter, KarlKarl Walter	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 131	000000001943-01-22-000022 January 1943	—	—
Walter, KurtKurt Walter+	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 32	000000001942-09-25-000025 September 1942	Awarded 345th Oak Leaves 5 December 1943
Walter, KurtKurt Walter	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3	000000001943-03-26-000026 March 1943*	Killed in action 26 October 1942	—
Walterbach, BernhardBernhard Walterbach	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 253	000000001943-09-22-000022 September 1943	—	—
Walther, ErichErich Walther+	Luftwaffe	17-LMajor	Commander of the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1	000000001940-05-24-000024 May 1940	Awarded 411th Oak Leaves 2 March 1944 131st Swords 1 February 1945	—
Walther, GerhardGerhard Walther	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Schlachtgeschwader 4	000000001944-03-26-000026 March 1944	—	—
Walther, WilhelmWilhelm Walther	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Shock troops leader in the 4./Bau-Lehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800 "Brandenburg"	000000001940-06-24-000024 June 1940	—	—
Walz, HansHans Walz	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 1./Panzer-Abteilung 103	000000001945-04-14-000014 April 1945	—	—
Wandel, Friedrich-WilhelmFriedrich-Wilhelm Wandel	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 347	000000001943-10-27-000027 October 1943*	Died of wounds 26 October 1943	—
Wandel, JoachimJoachim Wandel	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 54	000000001942-08-21-000021 August 1942	—	—
Wandel, MartinMartin Wandel	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor	Commander of the 121. Infanterie-Division	000000001941-11-23-000023 November 1941	—	—
Wandersleb, MartinMartin Wandersleb	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Chief of the 10./Grenadier-Regiment 12	000000001943-07-31-000031 July 1943	—	—
Wandmaker, HelmutHelmut Wandmaker	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves	Commander of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 76	000000001945-04-05-00005 April 1945	—	—
Wandrey, MaxMax Wandrey+	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 11./Jäger-Regiment 1 "Brandenburg"	000000001944-01-09-00009 January 1944	Awarded 787th Oak Leaves 16 March 1945	—
Wangerin, Friedrich-WilhelmFriedrich-Wilhelm Wangerin	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Commander of the III./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 16 -Ost-	000000001944-10-24-000024 October 1944	—	—
Wanhöfer, GünterGünter Wanhöfer	Waffen-SS	14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer	Commander of SS-Pionier-Bataillon 54 "Nederland"	000000001944-08-27-000027 August 1944	—	—
Wanka, KarlKarl Wanka+	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 446	000000001944-02-23-000023 February 1944	Awarded 800th Oak Leaves 23 March 1945	—
Wanke, ArturArtur Wanke	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 680	000000001943-10-25-000025 October 1943	—	—
Wapnitz, ErichErich Wapnitz	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Group leader in the Stabskompanie (Radfahrzug)/Grenadier-Regiment 671	000000001945-03-17-000017 March 1945	—	—
Warnecke, FritzFritz Warnecke	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 517	000000001943-01-22-000022 January 1943	—	—
Warnhoff, KarlKarl Warnhoff	Heer	15-HMajor	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 587	000000001943-09-30-000030 September 1943*	Killed in action 2 September 1943	—
Warnkross, WolfgangWolfgang Warnkross	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves	Fähnrichsvater (ensign father/mentor) in Lehrkompanie of Grenadier-Feldausbildungs-Regiment 640	000000001944-08-12-000012 August 1944	—	—
Warrelmann, HinrichHinrich Warrelmann+	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 502	000000001944-04-16-000016 April 1944	Awarded 555th Oak Leaves 19 August 1944	—
Warrelmann, WilhelmWilhelm Warrelmann	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 328	000000001944-03-15-000015 March 1944*	Killed in action 13 February 1944	—
Warschnauer, HorstHorst Warschnauer+	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 2./Pionier-Bataillon "Großdeutschland" (motorized)	000000001942-12-12-000012 December 1942	Awarded 753rd Oak Leaves 24 February 1945	—
Wartenberg, Guido vonGuido von Wartenberg	Heer	15-HMajor	Leader of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 111	000000001943-10-06-00006 October 1943	—	—
Warwel, Friedrich-KarlFriedrich-Karl Warwel	Heer	11-HStabsfeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14./Grenadier-Regiment 477	000000001943-09-13-000013 September 1943	—	—
Wassmann, AdolfAdolf Waßmann	Heer	04-HObergefreiter	Machine gunner in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 255	000000001944-03-16-000016 March 1944	—	—
Wawrok, ErnstErnst Wawrok	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 13./Jäger-Regiment 28	000000001943-02-09-00009 February 1943	—	—
Weber, AlfonsAlfons Weber	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Leader of the II./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 91	000000001944-06-09-00009 June 1944	—	—
Weber, AloisAlois Weber+	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 19	000000001941-11-26-000026 November 1941	Awarded 579th Oak Leaves 10 September 1944	—
Weber, AloisAlois Weber	Waffen-SS	10-WSS-Hauptscharführer	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 16.(Pi)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Deutschland"	000000001943-07-30-000030 July 1943	—	—
Weber, BennoBenno Weber	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Group leader in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 467	000000001943-12-23-000023 December 1943	—	—
Weber, FranzFranz Weber	Heer	04-HObergefreiter	In the 8./Jäger-Regiment 28	000000001944-10-28-000028 October 1944	—	—
Weber, FriedrichFriedrich Weber	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 481	000000001940-06-08-00008 June 1940	—	—
Weber, GerhardGerhard Weber	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 41 (motorized)	000000001943-10-26-000026 October 1943	—	—
Weber, GottfriedGottfried Weber+	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 162	000000001941-10-13-000013 October 1941	Awarded 490th Oak Leaves 9 June 1944	—
Weber, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Weber	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the III./Füsilier-Regiment 27	000000001944-12-27-000027 December 1944	—	—
Weber, [Dr.] Horst[Dr.] Horst Weber	Kriegsmarine	13-MOberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	Commander of Schnellboot S-55 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille	000000001943-07-05-00005 July 1943	—	—
Weber, JakobJakob Weber	Heer	09-HFeldwebel	Demi Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Abteilung 21	000000001943-08-16-000016 August 1943	—	—
Weber, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Weber+	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Staffelführer of the 7./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"	000000001943-11-12-000012 November 1943	Awarded 529th Oak Leaves 20 July 1944	—
Weber, OttoOtto Weber	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 933	000000001944-10-31-000031 October 1944*	Died of wounds 14 September 1944	—
Weber, PaulPaul Weber	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 508	000000001943-07-25-000025 July 1943	—	—
Weber, Paul-FriedelPaul-Friedel Weber	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 2./schwere Heeres-Flak-Abteilung 303	000000001942-10-10-000010 October 1942	—	—
Weber, RudolfRudolf Weber	Heer	09-HFeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 9./Panzer-Regiment 4	000000001945-02-14-000014 February 1945	—	—
Weber, SiegfriedSiegfried Weber	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Leader of the III./Jäger-Regiment 49	000000001942-10-30-000030 October 1942	—	—
Weber, WalterWalter Weber	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Company troop leader in the 7./Infanterie-Regiment 211	000000001941-10-13-000013 October 1941	—	—
Weber, WilhelmWilhelm Weber	Waffen-SS	13-WSS-Obersturmführer	Leader of the divisions combat school of the 33. (französisch) SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division "Charlemagne"	000000001945-04-29-000029 April 1945	—	—
Wechmar, Irnfried Freiherr vonIrnfried Freiherr von Wechmar	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3	000000001941-04-13-000013 April 1941	—	—
Wechsung, WilliWilli Wechsung	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 426	000000001943-10-01-00001 October 1943	—	—
Weck, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Weck?	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant	Leader of the 3./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4	000000001945-04-30-000030 April 1945	—	—
Wecker, FranzFranz Wecker?	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Jäger-Regiment 734	000000001945-05-09-00009 May 1945	—	—
Weddig, ErnstErnst Weddig	Heer	12-HLeutnant	Leader of the 4./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 101	000000001943-04-20-000020 April 1943*	Killed in action 8 March 1943	—
Wedel, Busso vonBusso von Wedel	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 89	000000001943-05-18-000018 May 1943	—	—
Wedel, Hermann vonHermann von Wedel	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 590	000000001943-06-08-00008 June 1943	—	—
Wegener, PaulPaul Wegener	Heer	09-HWachtmeister	Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 237	000000001943-10-18-000018 October 1943	—	—
Wegener, WernerWerner Wegener	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves	Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 3 (motorized)	000000001944-12-24-000024 December 1944	—	—
Wegener, WilhelmWilhelm Wegener+	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 94	000000001941-10-27-000027 October 1941	Awarded 66th Oak Leaves 19 January 1942 97th Swords 17 September 1944	—
Weger, AloisAlois Weger	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 3./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33	000000001944-12-09-00009 December 1944	—	—
Wegerer, FerdinandFerdinand Wegerer+	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10	000000001943-10-08-00008 October 1943	Awarded 483rd Oak Leaves 4 June 1944	—
Weglehner, FriedrichFriedrich Weglehner	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 390	000000001944-08-12-000012 August 1944	—	—
Wegner, WilhelmWilhelm Wegner	Heer	10-HOberwachtmeister	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung "Großdeutschland"	000000001943-06-13-000013 June 1943	—	—
Wehinger, AntonAnton Wehinger	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 578	000000001945-01-09-00009 January 1945	—	—
Wehking, HermannHermann Wehking	Heer	10-HOberwachtmeister	Vorgeschobener Beobachter (forward observer) in the 1./Artillerie-Regiment 146 (motorized)	000000001944-01-15-000015 January 1944	—	—
Wehlitz, LotharLothar Wehlitz	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Chief of the 1./schwere Artillerie-Abteilung 845	000000001944-02-06-00006 February 1944	—	—
Wehmeyer, AlfredAlfred Wehmeyer	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 7./Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel"	000000001942-09-04-00004 September 1942*	Killed in action 1 June 1942	—
Wehrmann, GerhardGerhard Wehrmann	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Leader of Panzer-Grenadier-Feld-Ersatz-Bataillon 3	000000001944-11-03-00003 November 1944	—	—
Weible, ErnstErnst Weible	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 3./Kampfgeschwader 54	000000001944-04-06-00006 April 1944*	Killed in action 25 March 1944	—
Weichs an der Glon, Maximilian Freiherr von und zuMaximilian Freiherr von und zu Weichs an der Glon+	Heer	20-HGeneral der Kavallerie	Commander-in-Chief of the 2. Armee	000000001940-06-29-000029 June 1940	Awarded 731st Oak Leaves 5 February 1945
Weichsel, AugustAugust Weichsel	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Group leader in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 948	000000001945-04-30-000030 April 1945	—	—
Weichsel, ErnstErnst Weichsel	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 115	000000001945-05-05-00005 May 1945	—	—
Weidenbrück, WilhelmWilhelm Weidenbrück+	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 5./Panzer-Regiment 3	000000001942-09-16-000016 September 1942	Awarded 649th Oak Leaves 16 November 1944	—
Weidhofer, OttoOtto Weidhofer	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 162	000000001944-05-15-000015 May 1944	—	—
Weidinger, OttoOtto Weidinger+	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer	Commander of SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich"	000000001944-04-21-000021 April 1944	Awarded 688th Oak Leaves 26 December 1944 (150th) Swords 6 May 1945?
Weidling, HelmuthHelmuth Weidling+	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor	Commander of the 86. Infanterie Division	000000001943-01-15-000015 January 1943	Awarded 408th Oak Leaves 22 February 1944 115th Swords 28 November 1944
Weigel, HermannHermann Weigel	Heer	15-HMajor	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 328	000000001945-02-19-000019 February 1945	—	—
Weigel, RudolfRudolf Weigel	Luftwaffe	11-LStabsfeldwebel	Pilot in the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77	000000001942-04-27-000027 April 1942	—	—
Weihrauch, WernerWerner Weihrauch	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 2./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77	000000001943-02-19-000019 February 1943	—	—
Weik, HansHans Weik	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant	Staffelführer of the 10./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"	000000001944-07-27-000027 July 1944	—	—
Weiler, [Dr.] August[Dr.] August Weiler	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Battalion leader in Regiment "von Stössel"	000000001944-11-16-000016 November 1944	—	—
Weiler, BrunoBruno Weiler?	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Ski-Jäger-Regiment 1	000000001945-05-09-00009 May 1945	—	—
Weimer, KilianKilian Weimer+	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 109	000000001941-08-31-000031 August 1941	Awarded 478th Oak Leaves 14 May 1944	—
Weimer, OttoOtto Weimer	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 957	000000001944-12-24-000024 December 1944	—	—
Weinbuch, GeorgGeorg Weinbuch	Heer	10-HOberwachtmeister	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./schweres Artillerie-Regiment 46	000000001942-07-28-000028 July 1942*	Died of wounds 24 May 1942	—
Weineck, JohannesJohannes Weineck	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Observer in the 5.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 122	000000001944-02-29-000029 February 1944	—	—
Weinelt, RudolfRudolf Weinelt	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 2./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19	000000001943-11-12-000012 November 1943	—	—
Weinknecht, Friedrich-AugustFriedrich-August Weinknecht	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor	Commander of the 79. Infanterie-Division	000000001944-07-15-000015 July 1944	—	—
Weinlig, WernerWerner Weinlig?	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant	Commander of Torpedoboot T-23	000000001945-05-10-000010 May 1945	—	—
Weinreich, FritzFritz Weinreich	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4./Reiter-Regiment 41	000000001945-03-17-000017 March 1945*	Killed in action 1 February 1945	—
Weinreich, HelmutHelmut Weinreich	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Staffelkapitän in the III./Kampfgeschwader 30	000000001943-01-21-000021 January 1943	—	—
Weippert, GustavGustav Weippert	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel	Pilot and observer in the 2.(H)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 4	000000001944-09-30-000030 September 1944	—	—
Weise, HubertHubert Weise	Luftwaffe	20-LGeneral der Flakartillerie	Commanding general of the I. Flak-Korps	000000001940-06-24-000024 June 1940	—	—
Weisenberger, KarlKarl Weisenberger	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant	Commander of the 71. Infanterie-Division	000000001940-06-29-000029 June 1940	—	—
Weiser, HermannHermann Weiser	Waffen-SS	13-WSS-Obersturmführer of the Reserves	Leader of the 2.(Aufklärungs-Abteilung)/"Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"	000000001943-03-28-000028 March 1943	—	—
Weisleder, Hans-GeorgHans-Georg Weisleder	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 453	000000001944-09-21-000021 September 1944	—	—
Weismann, ErnstErnst Weismann	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant	Pilot in the 12./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"	000000001942-08-21-000021 August 1942	—	—
Weiss, AdolfAdolf Weiß	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 4./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77	000000001944-02-29-000029 February 1944	—	—
Weiss, ChristianChristian Weiß	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 26	000000001942-04-10-000010 April 1942	—	—
Weiss, ErnstErnst Weiß	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 572	000000001944-06-24-000024 June 1944	—	—
Weiss, FranzFranz Weiß	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves	Commander of the III./Panzer-Regiment 2	000000001945-03-11-000011 March 1945	—	—
Weiss, FriedrichFriedrich Weiß	Luftwaffe	06-LUnteroffizier	Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 1./Flak-Regiment 36 (motorized)	000000001942-12-21-000021 December 1942	—	—
Weiss, GeorgGeorg Weiß	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Group leader in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 521	000000001943-11-12-000012 November 1943	—	—
Weiss, HansHans Weiss	Waffen-SS	14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer	Commander of SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich"	000000001943-04-06-00006 April 1943	—
Weiss, HerbertHerbert Weiß	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 418	000000001943-01-07-00007 January 1943	—	—
Weiss, JosefJosef Weiß	Heer	04-HObergefreiter	Company troop messenger in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 24	000000001945-03-23-000023 March 1945*	Died of wounds 13 March 1945	—
Weiss, OttoOtto Weiß+	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the II.(S)/Lehrgeschwader 2	000000001940-05-18-000018 May 1940	Awarded 52nd Oak Leaves 31 December 1941
Weiss, PaulPaul Weiß	Heer	04-HObergefreiter	Group leader of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 481	000000001943-09-16-000016 September 1943	—	—
Weiss, RichardRichard Weiß	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves	Commander of Panzer-Abteilung 8	000000001945-04-30-000030 April 1945	—	—
Weiss, RobertRobert Weiß+	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 54	000000001944-03-26-000026 March 1944	Awarded 782nd Oak Leaves 12 March 1945	—
Weiss, WalterWalter Weiß+	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor	Commander of the 26. Infanterie-Division	000000001941-09-12-000012 September 1941	Awarded 646th Oak Leaves 5 November 1944
Weißberg, WilhelmWilhelm Weißberg	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Commander of the I./Flak-Regiment 25 (motorized)	000000001944-10-24-000024 October 1944	—	—
Weisse, BrunoBruno Weisse	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 430	000000001944-10-28-000028 October 1944	—	—
Weissenberg, [Dr.] Horst[Dr.] Horst Weissenberg	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 1	000000001945-03-23-000023 March 1945	—	—
Weissenberger, TheodorTheodor Weissenberger+	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant	Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 5	000000001942-11-13-000013 November 1942	Awarded 266th Oak Leaves 2 August 1943
Weissflog, ErichErich Weißflog	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Information officer and wireless operator of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1	000000001944-06-24-000024 June 1944	—	—
Weissflog, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Weißflog	Heer	12-HLeutnant	Leader of the 2./Panzer-Regiment 16	000000001945-03-05-00005 March 1945	—	—
Weissmann, Eginhard[Prof. Dr.] Eginhard Weißmann	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant	Pilot in the 1./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"	000000001944-09-05-00005 September 1944	—	—
Weissmüller, LudwigLudwig Weißmüller	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 462	000000001943-10-11-000011 October 1943*	Killed in action 18 August 1943	—
Weiter, JosefJosef Weiter	Heer	09-HFeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 697	000000001944-06-24-000024 June 1944	—	—
Weitkunat, AdolfAdolf Weitkunat+	Heer	14-HRittmeister of the Reserves	Chief of Aufklärungs-Schwadron 206	000000001941-11-04-00004 November 1941	Awarded 346th Oak Leaves 5 December 1943	—
Weitkus, PaulPaul Weitkus	Luftwaffe	16-LOberstleutnant	Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"	000000001941-09-18-000018 September 1941	—	—
Weitzel, AdalbertAdalbert Weitzel	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6	000000001944-08-23-000023 August 1944*	Killed in action 17 August 1944	—
Wekenmann, MartinMartin Wekenmann	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 35	000000001945-02-05-00005 February 1945	—	—
Welken, HeinrichHeinrich Welken	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Chief of the 2./Flak-Regiment 231 (motorized)	000000001944-09-05-00005 September 1944	—	—
Weller, FranzFranz Weller+	Heer	15-HMajor	Leader of Infanterie-Regiment 54	000000001941-09-04-00004 September 1941	Awarded 626th Oak Leaves 23 October 1944	—
Wellmann, ErnstErnst Wellmann+	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3	000000001942-09-02-00002 September 1942	Awarded 342nd Oak Leaves 30 November 1943	—
Welsch, WilliWilli Welsch	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Chief of the 2./Schützen-Regiment 110	000000001941-09-29-000029 September 1941	—
Welskop, HeinrichHeinrich Welskop	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3	000000001941-08-21-000021 August 1941	—	—
Welter, KurtKurt Welter+	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant	Pilot in the 2./Nachtjagdgeschwader 11	000000001944-10-18-000018 October 1944	Awarded 769th Oak Leaves 11 March 1945	—
Welzel, Franz-JosefFranz-Josef Welzel	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 461	000000001940-07-19-000019 July 1940	—	—
Welzel, Karl-HeinrichKarl-Heinrich Welzel	Luftwaffe	09-LFeldwebel	Pilot in the 7./Schlachtgeschwader 10	000000001944-09-05-00005 September 1944	—	—
Wenck, WaltherWalther Wenck	Heer	17-HOberst im Generalstab (in the General Staff)	German chief of the general staff in the 3. Rumänische Armee	000000001942-10-28-000028 October 1942	—
Wendenburg, GerhardGerhard Wendenburg	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of Panzer-Abteilung 67	000000001940-08-15-000015 August 1940	—	—
Wendland, HeinrichHeinrich Wendland	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 5./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 304	000000001944-07-20-000020 July 1944*	Killed in action 18 June 1944	—
Wendlandt, SiegfriedSiegfried Wendlandt	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 320	000000001945-01-16-000016 January 1945	—	—
Wendorff, HelmutHelmut Wendorff	Waffen-SS	12-WSS-Untersturmführer	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 13.(schwere)/SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"	000000001944-02-12-000012 February 1944	—	—
Wendrinský, GustávGustáv Wendrinský	Waffen-SS	09-WSS-Oberscharführer	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 8 "Florian Geyer"	000000001945-01-27-000027 January 1945	—	—
Wendt, KarlKarl Wendt	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 412	000000001944-09-21-000021 September 1944*	Killed in action 17 September 1944	—
Wendt, ManfredManfred Wendt	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Tasked with the leadership of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 66	000000001944-07-09-00009 July 1944	—	—
Wendt, RudiRudi Wendt	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel	Pilot in the Stab/Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"	000000001945-04-17-000017 April 1945	—	—
Wendt, WilhelmWilhelm Wendt	Heer	10-HHauptfeldwebel	Kompaniefeldwebel (company sergeant) in the 5./Panzer-Regiment 5	000000001941-06-30-000030 June 1941	—	—
Wendt, WolfWolf Wendt	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Adjutant in Grenadier-Regiment 88	000000001944-08-12-000012 August 1944	—	—
Wenger, LeopoldLeopold Wenger	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 4./Schlachtgeschwader 10	000000001945-01-14-000014 January 1945	—
Wengler, MaximilianMaximilian Wengler+	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant of the Reserves	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 366	000000001942-10-06-00006 October 1942	Awarded 404th Oak Leaves 22 February 1944 123rd Swords 21 January 1945
Weniger, KarlKarl Weniger	Kriegsmarine	17-MKapitän zur See	Leader of the 2. Sicherungs-Division	000000001941-11-15-000015 November 1941*	Killed in action 1 October 1941	—
Wenigmann, JosefJosef Wenigmann	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 3./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3	000000001941-07-05-00005 July 1941	—	—
Wenke, KlausKlaus Wenke	Kriegsmarine	13-MOberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	Commander of U-Jäger UJ-208	000000001944-11-05-00005 November 1944	—	—
Wensauer, MatthiasMatthias Wensauer	Heer	15-HMajor	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 442	000000001945-04-30-000030 April 1945	—	—
Wentzell, FritzFritz Wentzell	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor	Chief of the general staff of the 10. Armee	000000001944-10-23-000023 October 1944	—	—
Wenz, AlfredAlfred Wenz	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 435	000000001944-09-21-000021 September 1944*	Died of wounds 19 September 1944	—
Wenzel, BernhardBernhard Wenzel	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 12./Panzer-Regiment 24	000000001944-08-12-000012 August 1944	—	—
Wenzelburger, GeorgGeorg Wenzelburger	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 1098	000000001944-12-26-000026 December 1944	—	—
Werder, Richard vonRichard von Werder	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 102	000000001940-09-04-00004 September 1940	—	—
Werfft, Dr. chem. PeterDr. chem. Peter Werfft	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 27	000000001945-01-28-000028 January 1945	—	—
Werlin, WilhelmWilhelm Werlin	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Staffelkapitän in the I./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"	000000001942-12-30-000030 December 1942	—	—
Wermter, RudolfRudolf Wermter	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 415	000000001942-12-13-000013 December 1942	—	—
Werner, ErnstErnst Werner	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Leader of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 516	000000001942-09-10-000010 September 1942	—	—
Werner, Ernst-AugustErnst-August Werner	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 980	000000001944-08-19-000019 August 1944	—	—
Werner, GerhardGerhard Werner+	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 5./Jagd-Kommando 8	000000001942-02-23-000023 February 1942	Awarded 793rd Oak Leaves 23 March 1945	—
Werner, HeinzHeinz Werner	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 240	000000001944-03-06-00006 March 1944*	Killed in action 26 January 1944	—
Werner (Waffen-SS), HeinzHeinz Werner (Waffen-SS)+	Waffen-SS	14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer	Leader of the III.(gepanzert)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer"	000000001944-08-23-000023 August 1944	Awarded (864th) Oak Leaves 6 May 1945	—
Werner, OttoOtto Werner	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 666	000000001944-01-22-000022 January 1944*	Killed in action 18 December 1943	—
Werner, Paul-HermannPaul-Hermann Werner	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Panzer-Regiment 31	000000001940-06-03-00003 June 1940	—	—
Werner, WalterWalter Werner	Luftwaffe	09-LFeldwebel	Group leader in the 1./Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 1	000000001944-06-09-00009 June 1944	—	—
Wernicke, HeinzHeinz Wernicke	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant	Pilot in the 1./Jagdgeschwader 54	000000001944-09-30-000030 September 1944	—	—
Wernig, EmilEmil Wernig	Heer	09-HFeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 105	000000001943-06-25-000025 June 1943	—	—
Wernitz, UlrichUlrich Wernitz	Luftwaffe	09-LFeldwebel	Pilot in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 54	000000001944-10-29-000029 October 1944	—	—
Werra, Franz Baron vonFranz Baron von Werra	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Adjutant of the II./Jagdgeschwader 3	000000001940-12-14-000014 December 1940	—	—
Werther, HellmuthHellmuth Werther	Kriegsmarine	13-MOberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	Commander and group leader in the Küstenschutz-Flottille "Attika"	000000001944-11-08-00008 November 1944	—	—
Werthern, Thilo Freiherr vonThilo Freiherr von Werthern	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 3./Schützen-Regiment 394	000000001941-09-08-00008 September 1941	—	—
Werthern-Beichlingen, Thilo Freiherr und Herr vonThilo Freiherr und Herr von Werthern-Beichlingen	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 1./Panzer-Regiment 27	000000001941-11-18-000018 November 1941	—	—
Wesche, WillyWilly Wesche+	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 430	000000001943-04-09-00009 April 1943	Awarded 541st Oak Leaves 6 August 1944	—
Wessel, RudolfRudolf Wessel	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Group leader in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 1076	000000001944-12-26-000026 December 1944	—	—
Wessel, WalterWalter Wessel+	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 15 (motorized)	000000001940-08-15-000015 August 1940	Awarded 76th Oak Leaves 17 February 1942	—
Wessels, Johann-FriedrichJohann-Friedrich Wessels	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant (Ing.)	Chief engineer on U-198	000000001944-03-09-00009 March 1944	—	—
Wessling, OttoOtto Weßling+	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"	000000001942-09-03-00003 September 1942	Awarded 530th Oak Leaves 20 July 1944	—
Westberg, GünterGünter Westberg	Heer	12-HLeutnant	Leader of the 1./Aufklärungs-Abteilung 8	000000001945-01-31-000031 January 1945*	Killed in action 16 December 1944	—
Westenberger, WalterWalter Westenberger	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 255	000000001943-11-12-000012 November 1943	—	—
Westermann, WilhelmWilhelm Westermann	Heer	12-HLeutnant	Leader of the 1./Kradschützen-Bataillon 25	000000001941-09-15-000015 September 1941	—	—
Westhofen, HeinrichHeinrich Westhofen	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 3./Schützen-Regiment 73	000000001942-03-01-00001 March 1942	—	—
Westhoven, FranzFranz Westhoven	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant	Commander of the 3. Panzer-Division	000000001943-10-25-000025 October 1943	—	—
Westphal, SiegfriedSiegfried Westphal	Heer	17-HOberst im Generalstab (in the General Staff)	Ia (operations officer) in the Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee	000000001942-11-29-000029 November 1942	—	—
Westphalen, OttoOtto Westphalen	Kriegsmarine	13-MOberleutnant zur See	Commander of U-968	000000001945-03-23-000023 March 1945	—	—
Wetjen, HeinrichHeinrich Wetjen	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the I./Jäger-Regiment 49	000000001945-03-28-000028 March 1945	—	—
Wettengel, AlfredAlfred Wettengel	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the Stabsbatterie of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 60	000000001944-09-21-000021 September 1944	—	—
Wettengel, KarlKarl Wettengel	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Adjutant in Grenadier-Regiment 559	000000001944-01-24-000024 January 1944	—	—
Wetzel, FriedrichFriedrich Wetzel	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Group leader in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 438	000000001944-08-19-000019 August 1944	—	—
Wetzel, WilhelmWilhelm Wetzel	Heer	20-HGeneral der Infanterie	Commanding general of the V. Armeekorps	000000001942-08-07-00007 August 1942	—	—
Wevelsiep, KurtKurt Wevelsiep	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 327	000000001944-09-30-000030 September 1944	—	—
Wever, WaltherWalther Wever	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant	Pilot in the 3./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"	000000001945-01-28-000028 January 1945	—	—
Weyel, ErichErich Weyel	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Leader of the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Infanterie-Regiment 506	000000001941-12-20-000020 December 1941	—	—
Weyher, KurtKurt Weyher	Kriegsmarine	16-MFregattenkapitän	Commander of auxiliary cruiser Orion (HSK-1)	000000001941-08-21-000021 August 1941	—	—
Weymann, MartinMartin Weymann	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3	000000001945-02-10-000010 February 1945	—	—
Weyrauch, Ernst vonErnst von Weyrauch	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 2.(H)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 14	000000001943-12-31-000031 December 1943	—	—
Weyrauch, HelmutHelmut Weyrauch	Heer	12-HLeutnant	Leader of the 4.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 81	000000001943-12-07-00007 December 1943	—	—
Wichert, WillyWilly Wichert	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Chief of the 3./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 291	000000001943-11-06-00006 November 1943	—	—
Wick, HelmutHelmut Wick+	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen"	000000001940-08-27-000027 August 1940	Awarded 4th Oak Leaves 6 October 1940
Wicke, WolfhartWolfhart Wicke	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 5./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 144	000000001943-02-08-00008 February 1943	—	—
Wickede, Thomas-Emil vonThomas-Emil von Wickede	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 4	000000001940-08-15-000015 August 1940	—	—
Wickel, PaulPaul Wickel	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 57	000000001944-06-04-00004 June 1944	—	—
Wickmann, TheoTheo Wickmann	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 248	000000001945-03-23-000023 March 1945	—	—
Widmayer, ErwinErwin Widmayer	Heer	09-HFeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 358	000000001944-08-12-000012 August 1944	—	—
Wiebe, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Wiebe	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant (Ing.)	Chief engineer on U-178	000000001944-05-22-000022 May 1944	—	—
Wiechec, Franz-JosefFranz-Josef Wiechec	Heer	15-HMajor	Leader of Fähnrichs-Regiment 3 (Division "Märkisch Friedland")	000000001945-04-05-00005 April 1945	—	—
Wiechoczek, JosefJosef Wiechoczek	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 5./Jäger-Regiment 28	000000001944-12-09-00009 December 1944	—	—
Wiede, Friedrich-WilhelmFriedrich-Wilhelm Wiede	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Chief of the 9./Artillerie-Regiment 238	000000001944-02-07-00007 February 1944	—	—
Wiedemann, WolfgangWolfgang Wiedemann	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 125	000000001943-09-10-000010 September 1943*	Killed in action 6 September 1943	—
Wiegand, KarlKarl Wiegand	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Chief of the 2./Flak-Regiment 18 (motorized)	000000001942-05-09-00009 May 1942	—	—
Wiegand, KurtKurt Wiegand	Heer	04-HObergefreiter	Richtschütze (gunner) in the Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 32	000000001944-01-05-00005 January 1944	—	—
Wieland, FriedrichFriedrich Wieland	Heer	14-HRittmeister of the Reserves	Commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 94	000000001944-10-16-000016 October 1944	—	—
Wieland, WillyWilly Wieland	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 35	000000001945-01-25-000025 January 1945	—	—
Wienke, HansHans Wienke	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 196	000000001943-10-13-000013 October 1943*	Killed in action 13 August 1943	—
Wienke, WalterWalter Wienke	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Leader of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 426	000000001942-08-20-000020 August 1942	—	—
Wienrich, ArnoArno Wienrich	Heer	05-HStabsgefreiter	Vorgeschobener Beobachter (forward observer) and radio operator in the 2./Artillerie-Regiment 11	000000001945-05-05-00005 May 1945	—	—
Wierschin, HelmuthHelmuth Wierschin	Heer	11-HStabsfeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Regiment 18	000000001942-01-12-000012 January 1942	—	—
Wiese, ErichErich Wiese	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Observer in the 1.(F)/Nacht-Aufklärungs-Staffel	000000001944-03-26-000026 March 1944*	Killed on active duty 31 December 1943	—
Wiese, FriedrichFriedrich Wiese+	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 39	000000001942-02-14-000014 February 1942	Awarded 372nd Oak Leaves 24 January 1944	—
Wiese, HeinrichHeinrich Wiese	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 361 (motorized)	000000001944-10-04-00004 October 1944	—	—
Wiese, HubertHubert Wiese	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 552	000000001945-05-05-00005 May 1945	—	—
Wiese, JohannesJohannes Wiese+	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 2./Jagdgeschwader 52	000000001943-01-05-00005 January 1943	Awarded 418th Oak Leaves 2 March 1944	—
Wieselhuber, HelmutHelmut Wieselhuber	Heer	12-HLeutnant	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the I./schweres Werfer-Regiment 1	000000001944-05-14-000014 May 1944	—	—
Wiesemann, EmilEmil Wiesemann	Waffen-SS	14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer of the Reserves	Chief of the 2./SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"	000000001943-12-20-000020 December 1943*	Killed in action 14 November 1943	—
Wiesemann, OttoOtto Wiesemann	Heer	09-HFeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzer-Regiment 1	000000001944-12-11-000011 December 1944	—	—
Wiesmann, HugoHugo Wiesmann	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Richtschütze (gunner) in the 1./Panzer-Regiment 11	000000001944-09-21-000021 September 1944	—	—
Wiesner, HerbertHerbert Wiesner	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Leader of the 3./Heeres-Pionier-Bataillon 42	000000001944-09-21-000021 September 1944	—	—
Wiesner, WilliWilli Wiesner	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 257	000000001941-09-29-000029 September 1941	—	—
Wiest, XaverXaver Wiest	Heer	06-HOberjäger	Group leader in the 3./Skijäger-Regiment 1	000000001944-11-26-000026 November 1944	—	—
Wietersheim, Gustav Anton vonGustav Anton von Wietersheim	Heer	20-HGeneral der Infanterie	Commanding general of the XIV. Armeekorps	000000001941-04-20-000020 April 1941	—	—
Wietersheim, Walter vonWalter von Wietersheim	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the II./Panzer-Regiment "Großdeutschland"	000000001944-05-15-000015 May 1944	—	—
Wietersheim, Wend vonWend von Wietersheim+	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Schützen-Regiment 113	000000001942-02-10-000010 February 1942	Awarded 176th Oak Leaves 12 January 1943 58th Swords 26 March 1944
Wieting, FranzFranz Wieting	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 6./Kampfgeschwader 30	000000001940-06-14-000014 June 1940	—	—
Wiktorin, Mauritz vonMauritz von Wiktorin	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant	Commander of the 20. Infanterie-Division (motorized)	000000001940-08-15-000015 August 1940	—	—
Wilborn, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Wilborn	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier of the Reserves	Group leader in the 9./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25	000000001945-05-06-00006 May 1945	—	—
Wilcke, Dr. med. HorstDr. med. Horst Wilcke	Heer	13-HOberarzt of the Reserves (rank equivalent to Oberleutnant)	Troop doctor in the III./Infanterie-Regiment 120 (motorized)	000000001942-07-25-000025 July 1942	—	—
Wilcke, Wolf-DietrichWolf-Dietrich Wilcke+	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 53	000000001941-08-06-00006 August 1941	Awarded 122nd Oak Leaves 9 September 1942 23rd Swords 23 December 1942	—
Wild, PhilippPhilipp Wild	Waffen-SS	09-WSS-Oberscharführer	Panzer commander in the 1./SS-Panzer-Abteilung 11	000000001944-03-21-000021 March 1944	—	—
Wilde, HeinzHeinz Wilde	Heer	14-HStabsintendant (rank equivalent to Hauptmann)	Divisionsintendant (IV a—replenishment staff officer) in the 353. Infanterie-Division and leader of a Kampfgruppe	000000001944-09-21-000021 September 1944	—	—
Wildermuth, Dr. jur. Hermann-EberhardDr. jur. Hermann-Eberhard Wildermuth	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves	Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 272	000000001940-08-15-000015 August 1940	—	—
Wildner, AntonAnton Wildner	Heer	04-HObergefreiter	Group leader in the 1./Regiments-Gruppe 482	000000001944-09-10-000010 September 1944	—	—
Wildschütz, WaldemarWaldemar Wildschütz	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Leader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 419	000000001942-10-02-00002 October 1942	—	—
Wilfling, GüntherGünther Wilfling	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 501	000000001943-05-05-00005 May 1943	—	—
Wilhelm, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Wilhelm	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Pilot in the 9./Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"	000000001944-10-29-000029 October 1944	—	—
Wilhelm, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Wilhelm	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 46	000000001943-03-31-000031 March 1943	—	—
Wilhelm, PaulPaul Wilhelm?	Heer	10-HHauptfeldwebel	Leader of Alarmkompanie (alarm company) in Marsch-Bataillon 469	000000001945-05-05-00005 May 1945	—	—
Wilke, GiselherGiselher Wilke	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1.(Jagdpanzer)/Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 19	000000001945-04-14-000014 April 1945	—	—
Wilke, GustavGustav Wilke	Luftwaffe	16-LOberstleutnant	Gruppenkommandeur of Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 11	000000001940-05-24-000024 May 1940	—	—
Wilke, HeinrichHeinrich Wilke	Luftwaffe	09-LFeldwebel	Radio/wireless operator in the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 100	000000001944-12-06-00006 December 1944	—	—
Wilke, [Dr.] Karl-Heinz[Dr.] Karl-Heinz Wilke	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant	Pilot and observer in the 2.(H)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 4	000000001944-11-25-000025 November 1944	—	—
Will, FritzFritz Will	Luftwaffe	09-LFeldwebel	Pilot in the 6./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"	000000001943-05-22-000022 May 1943	—	—
Willig, KarlKarl Willig+	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Leader of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 120 (motorized)	000000001942-07-25-000025 July 1942	Awarded 179th Oak Leaves 18 January 1943	—
Willing, GerhardGerhard Willing	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of the III./Panzer-Regiment 33	000000001943-03-07-00007 March 1943	—	—
Willius, KarlKarl Willius	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant	Staffelführer of the 2./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"	000000001944-06-09-00009 June 1944*	Killed in action 8 April 1944	—
Willms, KurtKurt Willms	Heer	12-HLeutnant	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Pionier-Bataillon 36	000000001944-02-23-000023 February 1944	—	—
Wimmer, AlfredAlfred Wimmer	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Leader of the III./Grenadier-Regiment "Oberrhein"	000000001945-01-16-000016 January 1945*	Killed in action 9 January 1944	—
Wimmer, FriedrichFriedrich Wimmer	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 412	000000001944-09-30-000030 September 1944	—	—
Wimmer, JohannJohann Wimmer	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Commander of the I./Fallschirm-Panzer-Ausbildungs und Ersatz-Regiment "Hermann Göring"	000000001945-01-28-000028 January 1945	—	—
Winckler, RainerRainer Winckler	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Leader of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 57	000000001943-10-21-000021 October 1943	—	—
Windbiel, AntonAnton Windbiel	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the III./Jäger-Regiment 56	000000001942-11-21-000021 November 1942	—	—
Windisch, AloisAlois Windisch	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 139	000000001940-06-20-000020 June 1940	—	—
Windisch, JohannJohann Windisch	Heer	04-HObergefreiter	Group leader in the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 519	000000001943-11-18-000018 November 1943	—	—
Windmann, ErichErich Windmann	Heer	17-HOberst	Artilleriekommandeur 35	000000001944-11-06-00006 November 1944	—	—
Windschügl, HaraldHarald Windschügl	Heer	15-HMajor	Division adjutant of the 227. Infanterie-Division	000000001945-04-14-000014 April 1945*	Killed in action 21 March 1945	—
Windschüttl, PeterPeter Windschüttl	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier of the Reserves	Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Grenadier-Regiment 72	000000001943-07-22-000022 July 1943	—	—
Winkler, KurtKurt Winkler	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 101	000000001945-03-17-000017 March 1945	—	—
Winnerl, RudolfRudolf Winnerl	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 4./Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"	000000001943-04-18-000018 April 1943	—	—
Winter, FriedrichFriedrich Winter	Luftwaffe	09-LFeldwebel	Pilot in the 2.(H)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 16	000000001944-12-06-00006 December 1944	—	—
Winter, KurtKurt Winter	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of the III./Jäger-Regiment 83	000000001944-09-02-00002 September 1944	—	—
Winter, MichaelMichael Winter	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Grenadier-Regiment 168	000000001944-06-09-00009 June 1944	—	—
Winter, WernerWerner Winter	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant	Commander of U-103	000000001942-06-05-00005 June 1942	—	—
Winterfeld, Hild-Wilfried vonHild-Wilfried von Winterfeld	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 24	000000001943-01-22-000022 January 1943	—	—
Winterfeldt, Alexander vonAlexander von Winterfeldt	Luftwaffe	17-LMajor of the Reserves	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 77	000000001941-07-05-00005 July 1941	—	—
Winterhoff, KarlKarl Winterhoff	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves	Zugführer (platoon leader) of the 3./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 115	000000001944-12-18-000018 December 1944	—	—
Wintershoff, EduardEduard Wintershoff	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 8	000000001942-08-25-000025 August 1942	—	—
Winzen, KarlKarl Winzen	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 289	000000001944-10-20-000020 October 1944	—	—
Winzer, WillyWilly Winzer	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 578	000000001942-11-03-00003 November 1942*	Killed in action 17 October 1942	—
Wipfler, FranzFranz Wipfler	Heer	09-HFeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Jäger-Regiment 56	000000001942-05-15-000015 May 1942	—	—
Wippermann, MaxMax Wippermann	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Flak-Regiment 4 (motorized)	000000001942-11-16-000016 November 1942	—	—
Wirsching, [Dr.] Maximilian[Dr.] Maximilian Wirsching	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 2./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 507	000000001945-02-07-00007 February 1945	—	—
Wirth, GeorgGeorg Wirth	Heer	09-HFeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Grenadier-Regiment 21	000000001943-10-22-000022 October 1943	—	—
Wisch, TheodorTheodor Wisch+	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer	Commander of the II./"Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"	000000001941-09-15-000015 September 1941	Awarded 393rd Oak Leaves 12 February 1944 94th Swords 30 August 1944	—
Wischhusen, Dr. med. WernerDr. med. Werner Wischhusen	Heer	16-HOberfeldarzt (rank equivalent to Oberstleutnant)	Division doctor in the 22. Infanterie-Division	000000001940-05-26-000026 May 1940	—	—
Wischnewski, HermannHermann Wischnewski	Luftwaffe	10-LFahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 2./Jagdgeschwader 300	000000001944-12-16-000016 December 1944	—	—
Wisliceny, Günther-EberhardtGünther-Eberhardt Wisliceny+	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer	Commander of the III./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Deutschland"	000000001943-07-30-000030 July 1943	Awarded 687th Oak Leaves 26 December 1944 (151st) Swords 6 May 1945?
Wissemann, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Wissemann	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Chief of the 2./Kradschützen-Bataillon 6	000000001943-02-08-00008 February 1943*	Killed in action 30 December 1942	—
Witsch, RudolfRudolf Witsch	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves	Zugführer (platoon leader) of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 308	000000001942-09-03-00003 September 1942	—	—
Witschel, KurtKurt Witschel+	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel	Leader of the 2./Jäger-Regiment 28	000000001943-01-04-00004 January 1943	Awarded 773rd Oak Leaves 11 March 1945	—
Witt, FritzFritz Witt+	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer	Commander of the I./SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Deutschland"	000000001940-09-04-00004 September 1940	Awarded 200th Oak Leaves 1 March 1943	—
Witt, HansHans Witt	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant	Commander of U-129	000000001942-12-17-000017 December 1942	—	—
Witt, HeinrichHeinrich Witt	Kriegsmarine	13-MOberleutnant (M.A.) of the Reserves	Chief of Battery "Sagorsch" in the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 259 (Marine-Flak-Regiment 9)	000000001945-04-20-000020 April 1945	—	—
Witt, HeinzHeinz Witt	Heer	09-HFeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 4	000000001944-09-05-00005 September 1944	—	—
Witt, HellmuthHellmuth Witt	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 134	000000001944-07-27-000027 July 1944	—	—
Witt, HermannHermann Witt	Kriegsmarine	16-MFregattenkapitän	Harbour commander of Cherbourg	000000001944-09-24-000024 September 1944	—	—
Witt, OttoOtto Witt	Heer	09-HFeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) of the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 43	000000001944-09-21-000021 September 1944	—	—
Wittchow von Brese-Winiary, HeinzHeinz Wittchow von Brese-Winiary+	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 108	000000001943-05-15-000015 May 1943	Awarded 441st Oak Leaves 6 April 1944	—
Witte, AlbertAlbert Witte	Heer	10-HOberwachtmeister	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 394	000000001945-03-11-000011 March 1945	—	—
Witte, GerhardGerhard Witte	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25	000000001944-08-23-000023 August 1944	—	—
Witte, HeinrichHeinrich Witte	Luftwaffe	04-LObergefreiter	Richtkanonier (gunner) in the 7./Flak-Regiment "Hermann Göring"	000000001943-05-18-000018 May 1943*	Killed in action 8 May 1943	—
Witte, HelmutHelmut Witte	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant	Commander of U-159	000000001942-10-22-000022 October 1942	—	—
Wittenstein, Heinz-WilliHeinz-Willi Wittenstein	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 146	000000001945-02-14-000014 February 1945	—	—
Wittenzeller, HansHans Wittenzeller	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 144	000000001944-06-09-00009 June 1944	—	—
Wittgenstein, Leo-Volkhard Freiherr vonLeo-Volkhard Freiherr von Wittgenstein	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 410	000000001943-04-06-00006 April 1943	—	—
Witthöft, JoachimJoachim Witthöft	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant	Commander of the 86. Infanterie-Division	000000001941-12-14-000014 December 1941	—	—
Wittholz, Karl-FriedrichKarl-Friedrich Wittholz	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Panzer-Regiment 36	000000001942-12-07-00007 December 1942	—	—
Wittig, Hans-KarlHans-Karl Wittig	Luftwaffe	09-LFeldwebel	Leader of the 11./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1	000000001944-02-05-00005 February 1944	—	—
Wittkamp, KasparKaspar Wittkamp	Heer	09-HFeldwebel	In the 4.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 77	000000001943-10-18-000018 October 1943	—	—
Wittkopf, HeinrichHeinrich Wittkopf	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 530	000000001941-09-29-000029 September 1941	—	—
Wittmann, AlfredAlfred Wittmann	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 546	000000001944-05-15-000015 May 1944	—	—
Wittmann, AugustAugust Wittmann	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 95	000000001941-06-21-000021 June 1941	—	—
Wittmann, HerbertHerbert Wittmann+	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the Stabsstaffel/Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"	000000001941-11-23-000023 November 1941	Awarded 735th Oak Leaves 11 February 1945	—
Wittmann, MichaelMichael Wittmann+	Waffen-SS	12-WSS-Untersturmführer	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 13.(schwere)/SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"	000000001944-01-14-000014 January 1944	Awarded 380th Oak Leaves 30 January 1944 71st Swords 22 June 1944
Wittmer, HeinrichHeinrich Wittmer	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Kampfgeschwader 55	000000001941-11-12-000012 November 1941	—	—
Wittrock, JosefJosef Wittrock	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 453	000000001944-09-10-000010 September 1944	—	—
Witzel, DietrichDietrich Witzel	—	—	—	—	See Dietrich Kirn	—
Witzendorff, Kurt vonKurt von Witzendorff	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 13./Infanterie-Regiment 178	000000001941-08-30-000030 August 1941	—	—
Witzig, RudolfRudolf Witzig+	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Leader of Sturmgruppe "Granit" in the Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Abteilung "Koch"	000000001940-05-10-000010 May 1940	Awarded 662nd Oak Leaves 25 November 1944	—
Witzleben, Erwin vonErwin von Witzleben?	Heer	21-HGeneraloberst	Commander-in-Chief of the 1. Armee	000000001940-06-24-000024 June 1940	—
Witzleben, Henning vonHenning von Witzleben	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 16	000000001942-02-06-00006 February 1942	—	—
Wodrig, AlbertAlbert Wodrig	Heer	20-HGeneral der Artillerie	Commanding general of the XXVI. Armeekorps	000000001940-07-19-000019 July 1940	—	—
Woehl, EdmundEdmund Woehl?	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 30	000000001945-04-28-000028 April 1945	—	—
Woehler, OttoOtto Wöhler+	Heer	20-HGeneral der Infanterie	Commanding general of the I. Armeekorps	000000001943-08-14-000014 August 1943	Awarded 671st Oak Leaves 28 November 1944
Woehnert, UlrichUlrich Wöhnert	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant	Pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 54	000000001944-12-06-00006 December 1944	—	—
Woelfel, ErichErich Woelfel	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 534	000000001943-01-28-000028 January 1943	—	—
Wohlers, HeinrichHeinrich Wohlers	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6	000000001943-12-31-000031 December 1943	—	—
Wohlfahrt, HelmutHelmut Wohlfahrt	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 110	000000001943-08-29-000029 August 1943	—	—
Wohlfarth, HerbertHerbert Wohlfarth	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant	Commander of U-556	000000001941-05-15-000015 May 1941	—	—
Wohlfeil, OttoOtto Wohlfeil	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 371	000000001943-09-05-00005 September 1943	—	—
Wohlgemuth, Karl vonKarl von Wohlgemuth	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 1	000000001944-09-30-000030 September 1944	—	—
Woidich, FranzFranz Woidich	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant of the Reserves	Pilot in the 3./Jagdgeschwader 52	000000001944-06-11-000011 June 1944	—	—
Wojak, AlfredAlfred Wojak	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 11./Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 73	000000001944-06-09-00009 June 1944	—	—
Woldenga, BernhardBernhard Woldenga	Luftwaffe	17-LMajor	Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 77	000000001941-07-05-00005 July 1941	—	—
Wolf, AdolfAdolf Wolf	Luftwaffe	16-LOberstleutnant	Commander of the I./Flak-Regiment 64 (motorized)	000000001940-06-20-000020 June 1940	—	—
Wolf, AdolfAdolf Wolf	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 431	000000001941-10-11-000011 October 1941	—	—
Wolf, AlbinAlbin Wolf+	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 54	000000001943-11-22-000022 November 1943	Awarded 464th Oak Leaves 27 April 1944	—
Wolf, AlfredAlfred Wolf	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 23	000000001944-04-15-000015 April 1944	—	—
Wolf, AloisAlois Wolf	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Chief of the 3./Pionier-Bataillon 161	000000001945-02-14-000014 February 1945	—	—
Wolf, CosmasCosmas Wolf	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel	Company troop leader in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 279	000000001945-01-25-000025 January 1945	—	—
Wolf, EberhardEberhard Wolf	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of Heeres-Pionier-Bataillon 505	000000001944-07-20-000020 July 1944	—	—
Wolf, HermannHermann Wolf	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant	Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 11	000000001945-04-24-000024 April 1945	—	—
Wolf, KarlKarl Wolf	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier	Group leader in the II./Grenadier-Regiment 432	000000001945-02-28-000028 February 1945	—	—
Wolf, RichardRichard Wolf	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 208	000000001943-01-20-000020 January 1943	—	—
Wolf, RichardRichard Wolf	Heer	12-HLeutnant	In the Kampfgruppe "Tenschert" in the fortress Breslau	000000001945-03-04-00004 March 1945	—	—
Wolf, WalterWalter Wolf	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4./Panzer-Regiment 35	000000001944-10-16-000016 October 1944*	Killed in action 18 September 1944	—
Wolf, WernerWerner Wolf	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Leader of MG-Bataillon 420	000000001945-02-18-000018 February 1945	—	—
Wolf, WilhelmWilhelm Wolf	Heer	11-HStabsfeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Abteilung 103	000000001942-08-07-00007 August 1942	—	—
Wolff, Dr. GottliebDr. Gottlieb Wolff	Luftwaffe	17-LOberst	Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"	000000001943-01-05-00005 January 1943	—	—
Wolff, Hans Freiherr vonHans Freiherr von Wolff+	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the I./Schützen-Regiment 8	000000001940-07-13-000013 July 1940	Awarded 61st Oak Leaves 16 January 1942	—
Wolff, HansHans Wolff	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 1.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 124	000000001942-01-12-000012 January 1942	—	—
Wolff, HansHans Wolff	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Leader of the 3./Infanterie-Bataillon z.b.V. 540	000000001943-02-08-00008 February 1943	—	—
Wolff, HeinzHeinz Wolff	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Leader of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 110	000000001944-12-12-000012 December 1944	—	—
Wolff, Horst vonHorst von Wolff	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 478	000000001941-10-10-000010 October 1941	—	—
Wolff, Joachim-HelmutJoachim-Helmut Wolff	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment "Feldherrnhalle"	000000001945-01-21-000021 January 1945	—	—
Wolff, KurtKurt Wolff	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 415	000000001943-11-30-000030 November 1943*	Killed in action 12 October 1943	—
Wolff, LudwigLudwig Wolff+	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 192	000000001940-05-26-000026 May 1940	Awarded 100th Oak Leaves 22 June 1942
Wolff, Max-EckartMax-Eckart Wolff	Kriegsmarine	15-MKorvettenkapitän	Commander of destroyer Georg Thiele (Z-2)	000000001940-08-04-00004 August 1940	—	—
Wolff, OttoOtto Wolff	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 3./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 263	000000001944-02-29-000029 February 1944	—	—
Wolff, RichardRichard Wolff	Heer	09-HFeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Füsilier-Regiment 202	000000001944-03-12-000012 March 1944	—	—
Wolff, WernerWerner Wolff	Waffen-SS	12-WSS-Untersturmführer	Adjutant of the III.(gepanzert)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"	000000001943-08-07-00007 August 1943	—
Wolff, WilhelmWilhelm Wolff	Luftwaffe	17-LOberst	Commander of Flak-Regiment 37 (motorized)	000000001943-01-24-000024 January 1943	—	—
Wolff, WilhelmWilhelm Wolff	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 10./Panzer-Regiment 36	000000001943-12-09-00009 December 1943*	Died of wounds 31 October 1943	—
Wolfram, EberhardEberhard Wolfram	Kriegsmarine	18-MKonteradmiral	Befehshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee (Commander-in-Chief of the security North Sea)	000000001941-05-25-000025 May 1941	—
Wolfram, EberhardEberhard Wolfram	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Chief of the 4./Infanterie-Regiment 82	000000001942-11-13-000013 November 1942	—	—
Wolfrum, WalterWalter Wolfrum	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant	Pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 52	000000001944-07-27-000027 July 1944	—	—
Wolkewitz, ErichErich Wolkewitz	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 478	000000001943-04-30-000030 April 1943	—	—
Woll, BalthasarBalthasar Woll	Waffen-SS	04-WSS-Rottenführer	Richtschütze (gunner) in the 13.(schwere)/SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"	000000001944-01-16-000016 January 1944	—	—
Wollschlaeger, ArturArtur Wollschläger	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 2./Panzer-Regiment 35	000000001942-01-12-000012 January 1942	—	—
Wollschlaeger, HerbertHerbert Wollschlaeger	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves	Battery officer in the Artillerie-Regiment 32	000000001943-10-22-000022 October 1943	—	—
Wolz, AlwinAlwin Wolz	Luftwaffe	17-LOberst	Commander of Flak-Regiment 135 (motorized)	000000001943-06-04-00004 June 1943	—	—
Wonde, HermannHermann Wonde	Heer	12-HLeutnant	Leader of the 6./Reiter-Regiment 41	000000001945-03-23-000023 March 1945	—	—
Wontorra, KurtKurt Wontorra	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 239	000000001943-07-21-000021 July 1943*	Killed in action 16 July 1943	—
Woock, HeinzHeinz Woock	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 274	000000001944-07-18-000018 July 1944	—	—
Worthmann, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Worthmann	Waffen-SS	10-WSS-Hauptscharführer	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich"	000000001943-03-31-000031 March 1943	—
Wosnitza, AloisAlois Wosnitza	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 6./Schlachtgeschwader 77	000000001944-03-26-000026 March 1944	—	—
Woszczella, GustavGustav Woszczella	Heer	12-HLeutnant	Leader of the 8.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 208	000000001944-07-04-00004 July 1944	—	—
Wrangel, WernerWerner Wrangel	Heer	03-HGefreiter	Richtschütze (gunner) in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 183	000000001943-02-08-00008 February 1943	—	—
Wrede, Theodor Freiherr vonTheodor Freiherr von Wrede	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant	Commander of the 290. Infanterie-Division	000000001942-02-22-000022 February 1942	—	—
Wriedt, WalterWalter Wriedt	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) of the 13./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 138	000000001943-10-25-000025 October 1943	—	—
Wrona, GüntherGünther Wrona	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 176	000000001944-05-04-00004 May 1944	—	—
Wuenneberg, AlfredAlfred Wünnenberg+	Waffen-SS	17-WSS-Standartenführer and Oberst of the Schupo	Commander of SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 3	000000001941-11-15-000015 November 1941	Awarded 91st Oak Leaves 23 April 1942
Wuenning, JoachimJoachim Wünning	Kriegsmarine	15-MKorvettenkapitän of the Reserves	Commander of Minenschiff Drache	000000001944-10-22-000022 October 1944*	Killed in action 22 September 1944	—
Wuensche, MaxMax Wünsche+	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer	Commander of the I./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"	000000001943-02-28-000028 February 1943	Awarded 548th Oak Leaves 11 August 1944
Wuerdemann, ErichErich Würdemann	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant	Commander of U-506	000000001943-03-14-000014 March 1943	—	—
Wuerfel, OttoOtto Würfel	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"	000000001944-05-04-00004 May 1944	—	—
Wuestenhagen, AlbrechtAlbrecht Wüstenhagen	Heer	17-HOberst	Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 129	000000001942-12-02-00002 December 1942	—	—
Wuestenhagen, AlbrechtAlbrecht Wüstenhagen	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Leader of a schwere Infanteriegeschütz-Kompanie/fortress Küstrin	000000001945-04-14-000014 April 1945	—	—
Wulf, [Dr.] Hermann[Dr.] Hermann Wulf	Heer	13-HOberleutnant	Chief of the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 76 (motorized)	000000001941-10-13-000013 October 1941	Awarded 520th Oak Leaves 3 July 1944	—
Wulf, RudolfRudolf Wulf+	Heer	15-HMajor	Leader of Infanterie-Regiment 422	000000001942-11-13-000013 November 1942	Awarded 556th Oak Leaves 19 August 1944	—
Wulff, ErichErich Wulff	Kriegsmarine	13-MOberleutnant zur See	Commander of Vorpostenboot VP-18 in the 18. Vorpostenflottille	000000001944-04-24-000024 April 1944	—	—
Wulff, ErichErich Wulff?	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer	Ia (operations officer) in the 15. Waffen-Grenadier-Division of the SS	000000001945-05-09-00009 May 1945*	Killed in action 3 February 1945	—
Wulff, HermannHermann Wulff	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 333	000000001944-10-19-000019 October 1944	—	—
Wulff, KarlKarl Wulff	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Pilot and observer in the 12.(H)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 13	000000001944-10-29-000029 October 1944	—	—
Wunberger, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Wunberger	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 96	000000001944-03-17-000017 March 1944*	Died of wounds 16 March 1944	—
Wunderlich, AchimAchim Wunderlich	Heer	15-HMajor	Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 205	000000001944-12-31-000031 December 1944	—	—
Wunderlich, FriedrichFriedrich Wunderlich	Kriegsmarine	15-MKorvettenkapitän zur Verwendung (for disposition)	Chief of the 14. U-Jagd-Flottille	000000001942-12-03-00003 December 1942	—	—
Wunn, HeinrichHeinrich Wunn	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 147	000000001944-06-11-000011 June 1944	—	—
Wunram, HeinzHeinz Wunram	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel	Company troop leader in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 220	000000001944-01-05-00005 January 1944	—	—
Wuppermann, SiegfriedSiegfried Wuppermann+	Kriegsmarine	13-MOberleutnant zur See	Commander of Schnellboot S-60 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille	000000001941-08-03-00003 August 1941	Awarded 226th Oak Leaves 14 April 1943	—
Wurdak, FranzFranz Wurdak	Heer	09-HFeldwebel of the Reserves	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4./Pionier-Bataillon 137	000000001943-09-13-000013 September 1943	—	—
Wurl, WalterWalter Wurl	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 509	000000001945-02-18-000018 February 1945*	Killed in action 7 February 1945	—
Wurmheller, JosefJosef Wurmheller+	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen"	000000001941-09-04-00004 September 1941	Awarded 146th Oak Leaves 13 November 1942 108th Swords 24 October 1944	—
Wuthmann, RolfRolf Wuthmann	Heer	20-HGeneral der Artillerie	Commanding general of the IX. Armeekorps	000000001944-08-22-000022 August 1944	—	—
Wutka, BernhardBernhard Wutka	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 8./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"	000000001942-11-16-000016 November 1942	—	—
Wutzel, [Dr.] Otto[Dr.] Otto Wutzel	Heer	14-HHauptmann	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 81	000000001945-04-14-000014 April 1945	—	—
Wyczisk, GeorgGeorg Wyczisk	Heer	04-HObergefreiter	Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 53	000000001942-09-02-00002 September 1942	—	—