Walter Gericke
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Walter Gericke (23 December 1907 – 19 October 1991) was a German paratroop officer in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II and a general in the Bundeswehr of West Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Gericke took part in the Battle of the Netherlands and the Battle of Crete as a Fallschirmjäger battalion commander. He later commanded the Fallschirjäger-Regiment 11 (part of the 4. Fallschirmjäger-Division) and fought in the Battle of Anzio.
Gericke joined the newly formed Bundeswehr after the rearmament of West Germany and as a Generalmajor led the 1. Luftlande-Division from 1962 to 1965.
In 1974, Gericke supported the establishment of a war cemetery in Maleme which is the final resting place for 4,465 German soldiers who lost their lives on the island of Crete during World War II.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (10 April 40) & 1st Class (12 May 1940)[1]
- German Cross in Gold on 12 December 1943 as Major in the II./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
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- 1907 births
- 1991 deaths
- Fallschirmjäger of World War II
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Major generals of the German Army
- German Army officers of World War II
- Military personnel from Lower Saxony