Wilhelm Philipps

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{{Infobox military person

|name=Wilhelm Philipps

|birth_date=29 July 1894

|death_date={{death date and age|1971|2|13|1894|7|29|df=y}}

|birth_place=Barmen

|death_place=Bonn

|image=

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|nickname=

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

|branch=Army

|serviceyears=1913–1945

|rank= Generalleutnant

|commands=3rd Panzer Division

|unit=

|battles=World War I

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World War II

|awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

|laterwork=

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Wilhelm Philipps (29 July 1894 – 13 February 1971) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

Awards

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 March 1945 as Generalleutnant and commander of 3. Panzer-Division Fellgiebel 2000, p. 276.

References

=Citations=

=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=Oberst Rudolf Lang|

after=Generalmajor Wilhelm Söth|

title=Commander of 3. Panzer-Division|

years=24 May 1944 – 1 January 1945

}}

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