Walther Nehring

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German general Panzer commander Wehrmacht officer human

Walther Nehring was a German general and panzer commander in World War II, known for leading armored formations on the Eastern Front and in North Africa.

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Walter Nehring	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German general ⓘ Panzer commander ⓘ Wehrmacht officer ⓘ human ⓘ
allegiance	German Empire ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Weimar Republic ⓘ
commanded	20th Panzer Division ⓘ German Afrika Korps ⓘ surface form: Afrika Korps Heeresgruppe Afrika ⓘ surface form: Army Group Afrika (acting) German XIX Army Corps (mot.) ⓘ surface form: XIX Army Corps (mot.)
conflict	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire ⓘ Germany ⓘ
familyName	Nehring ⓘ
givenName	Walther ⓘ
languageSpoken	German ⓘ
memberOf	Wehrmacht ⓘ surface form: Heer (Wehrmacht) Reichswehr ⓘ
militaryBranch	Wehrmacht ⓘ surface form: German Army (Wehrmacht)
militaryRank	General der Panzertruppe ⓘ
name	Walther Nehring NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	commanding armored formations in North Africa ⓘ commanding armored formations on the Eastern Front ⓘ expertise in mobile armored warfare ⓘ
occupation	military officer ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of France ⓘ Invasion of Poland ⓘ North African campaign ⓘ Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
receivedAward	Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) ⓘ surface form: Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 1st Class Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) ⓘ surface form: Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class German Cross in Gold ⓘ Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class ⓘ surface form: Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ surface form: Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ Panzer Badge ⓘ Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ⓘ surface form: Swords to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Wound Badge ⓘ surface form: Wound Badge in Black
role	staff officer under Heinz Guderian in early panzer forces ⓘ
servedIn	Eastern Front ⓘ North African campaign ⓘ
wrote	memoirs on armored warfare and World War II service ⓘ

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German Afrika Korps → commander → Walther Nehring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walter Nehring

DAK → notableCommander → Walther Nehring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walter Nehring

German 4th Panzer Army → notableCommander → Walther Nehring ⓘ