Walther Hahm
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|birth_date=21 December 1894
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{{flag|Weimar Republic}}
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|rank= General of the Infantry
|commands=260. Infanterie-Division
389th Infantry Division
LXXXII. Armeekorps
XIII Army Corps
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|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
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Walther Hahm (21 December 1894 – 11 August 1951) was a German general during World War II 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.
Awards and decorations
- Iron Cross (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 480Fellgiebel 2000, p. 175.
- 676th Oak Leaves on 9 December 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 389.Infanterie-DivisionFellgiebel 2000, p. 78.
References
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- {{Cite book
|last=Fellgiebel
|first=Walther-Peer
|author-link=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
|year=2000
|orig-year=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
}}
- {{Cite book
|last=Thomas
|first=Franz
|year=1997
|title=Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K
|trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K
|language=German
|location=Osnabrück, Germany
|publisher=Biblio-Verlag
|isbn=978-3-7648-2299-6
}}
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before=Generalleutnant Hans Schmidt|
after=Generalmajor Dietrich von Choltitz|
title=Commander of the 260. Infanterie-Division|
years=1 January 1942 - 27 August 1942
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{{succession box|
before=Generalmajor Paul Herbert Forster|
after=Generalleutnant Fritz Becker|
title=Commander of the 389. Infanterie-Division|
years=1 April 1944 - 30 September 1944
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{{succession box|
before= General der Infanterie Walter Hörnlein|
after= Generalleutnant Theodor Tolsdorff|
title=Commander of the LXXXII. Armeekorps|
years=30 January 1945 – 1 April 1945
}}
{{succession box|
before=Generalleutnant Max Bork|
after=General der Artillerie Walther Lucht|
title=Commander of the XIII. Armeekorps|
years=15 April 1945 - 20 April 1945
}}
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Category:Military personnel from the Province of Silesia
Category:German Army generals of World War II
Category:Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht)
Category:German Army personnel of World War I
Category:German prisoners of war in World War II
Category:Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
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