Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma

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German general Wehrmacht officer World War II military person human tank commander

Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma was a German Wehrmacht general and tank commander in World War II, best known for leading armored forces in the North African campaign.

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Label Occurrences
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma canonical 2
Wilhelm Josef Ritter von Thoma 1
von Thoma 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German general ⓘ
Wehrmacht officer ⓘ
World War II military person ⓘ
human ⓘ
tank commander ⓘ
allegiance German Empire ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
awardReceived Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) ⓘ
German Cross in Gold ⓘ
Iron Cross 2nd Class ⓘ
surface form: Iron Cross (1914)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ
birthCountry German Empire ⓘ
birthDate 1891-01-11 ⓘ
birthPlace Dachau ⓘ
capturedBy United Kingdom ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
citizenship German Empire ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
conflict Spanish Civil War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
countryRepresented Nazi Germany ⓘ
deathCountry Germany ⓘ
deathDate 1948-04-30 ⓘ
deathPlace Dachau ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
familyName Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: von Thoma
fullName Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wilhelm Josef Ritter von Thoma
gender male ⓘ
givenName Wilhelm ⓘ
honorificTitle Ritter von ⓘ
militaryBranch German Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
militaryRank General der Panzertruppe ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableFor commanding armored forces in the North African campaign ⓘ
service in the Afrika Korps ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participatedIn Eastern Front ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Front (World War II)

North African campaign ⓘ
placeOfBurial Dachau ⓘ
role armored forces commander ⓘ
tank commander ⓘ
servedInUnit German Afrika Korps ⓘ
surface form: Afrika Korps

Condor Legion ⓘ
wasPrisonerOfWar true ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of El Alamein → hasCommander → Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma ⓘ
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma → fullName → Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wilhelm Josef Ritter von Thoma
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma → familyName → Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: von Thoma
Battle of Alam el Halfa → commander → Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma ⓘ