Walther Hahm

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|name=Walther Hahm

|birth_date=21 December 1894

|death_date={{death date and age|1951|12|21|1894|3|5|df=y}}

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|image=Walther Hahm (cropped).jpg

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|caption=Hahm in May 1943

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|allegiance={{flag|German Empire}}
{{flag|Weimar Republic}}
{{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch={{army|Nazi Germany}}

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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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World War II

|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.

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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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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:1894 births

Category:1951 deaths

Category:People from Milicz

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:Reichswehr personnel

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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