This booklet, comprehensively illustrated with contemporary b/w photos, traces the military career of Knight's Cross holder Wilhelm Schmalz, primarily on the basis of pictorial documents: Youthful years, member of the III Marine Brigade von Loewenfeld, Reichswehr, Wehrmacht, marriage to Princess Luise Henriette of Prussia, Sudeten crisis and World War II, division commander, Knight's Cross award, Balkan campaign, Unternehmen "Barbarossa", Luftwaffe Division "Herman Göring", the Oak Leaf and Commanding General, battles on the Eastern Front, end of the war and retirement.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Schumann, Ralf
Title
Ritterkreuzträger Profile. Heft 17: Wilhelm Schmalz. Kommandeur des Fallschirm - Panzerkorps "Hermann Göring"
Details
Brochure, very many bw and occasional colour photos, large format. 44 pages.
