Wilhelm Crisolli

Wilhelm Crisolli
Born	20 January 1895
Died	12 September 1944(1944-09-12) (aged 49) Pistoia, Italy
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Rank	Generalleutnant (Posthumously)
Commands held	13th Panzer Division 16th Infantry Division (mot.) 333d Infantry Division 6th Panzer Division 20th Luftwaffen Division
Battles/wars	World War II Gothic Line Offensive †
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Wilhelm Crisolli (20 January 1895 – 12 September 1944) was a German general in the Wehrmacht in World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Crisolli was killed 12 September 1944 by members of the Italian resistance. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of Generalleutnant.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (26 September 1939) & 1st Class (8 October 1939)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 July 1941 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Schützen-Regiment 8^[2]

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Thomas, Franz; Wegmann, Günter (1998). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 4: C–Dow [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 4: C–Dow] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2534-8.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Hellmut von der Chevallerie	Commander of 13. Panzer-Division 1 December 1942 – 15 May 1943	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Hellmut von der Chevallerie
Preceded by Generalmajor Gerhard Graf von Schwerin	Commander of 16. Infanterie-Division (mot.) 20 May 1943 – 27 June 1943	Succeeded by Generalmajor Gerhard Graf von Schwerin
Preceded by Generalleutnant Rudolf von Tschudi	Commander of 333. Infanterie-Division 1 July 1943 – 10 July 1943	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Erwin Menny
Preceded by Generalleutnant Walther von Hünersdorff	Commander of 6. Panzer-Division 14 July 1943 – 21 August 1943	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Rudolf Freiherr von Waldenfels
Preceded by Generalmajor Erich Fronhöfer	Commander of 20. Luftwaffen-Sturm-Division 25 November 1943 – 12 September 1944	Succeeded by Generalmajor Erich Fronhöfer

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 8th Panzer Division

Stab	Erich Brandenberger¹ (Oak Leaves) Gottfried Fröhlich Heinrich Hax (Oak Leaves) Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen

Units	Wilhelm Crisolli Werner Friebe Erich Fronhöfer Walter Neumann-Silkow Hans Freiherr von Wolff(Oak Leaves)

¹ Oak Leaves with XXIX Army Corps.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 35559710 LCCN: no2004038452 GND: 130327565

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