Walter Lichel

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{{Infobox military person

|name=Walter Lichel

|birth_date=1 May 1885

|death_date={{death date and age|1969|12|10|1885|5|1|df=y}}

|birth_place=Stolp, German Empire, modern Poland

|death_place=Bärnau, Germany

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|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch=Army (Wehrmacht)

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|rank=General of the Infantry

|commands=3rd Infantry Division
123. Infanterie-Division

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|battles=

World War II

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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Walter Lichel (1 May 1885 – 10 December 1969) was a German general during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Lichel surrendered to the Allied troops in 1945 and was held until 1947.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 September 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of 123. Infanterie-DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 237.

References

Bibliography

{{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel

|first=Walther-Peer

|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

|year=2000

|origyear=1986

|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

|trans-title=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

|language=German

|location=Friedberg, Germany

|publisher=Podzun-Pallas

|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6

}}

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before=Generalmajor Walter Petzel|

after=General der Artillerie Paul Bader|

title= Commander of 3. Infanterie-Division|

years=11 October 1938 – 1 October 1940

}}

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