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Oskar Munzel
German General and Knight's Cross recipient

Oskar Munzel

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German General and Knight's Cross recipient
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Bad Godesberg
Oskar Munzel
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Biography

Oskar Munzel (13 March 1899 – 1 January 1992) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II and in the Bundeswehr of West Germany who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. After the war, he served as a military advisor in Egypt, and then he joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired in 1962. Munzel then acted as the Chief Advisor of Ming-teh-Gruppe (German Military Advisory Group) in Taiwan for the Republic of China Armed Forces before returning to Germany.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 October 1944 as Oberst and commander of 14. Panzer-Division
  • Federal Cross of Merit
  • Fellgiebel 2000, p. 262.

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