List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (W)

Knight's Cross recipients

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Knight's Cross

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest award in the military of the Third Reich during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadership of his troops in battle to a low ranking soldier for a single act of extreme gallantry. The following is the complete list of all 446 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients whose last name starts with "W".

The number of 446 Knight's Cross recipients whose last name starts with "W" is based on the analysis and acceptance of the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).^[1] The recipients are ordered alphabetically by last name. The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross was awarded.

1 Background
2 Recipients
3 Notes
4 References
5 External links

Background

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments. The first enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz) and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.^[2] As the war progressed, some of the recipients distinguished themselves further and a higher grade, the Oak Leaves to Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred to, were based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940.^[3] In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 introduced the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern) and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten).^[4] At the end of 1944 the final grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit goldenem Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten), based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, concluded the variants of the Knight's Cross.^[5]

Recipients

The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) kept separate Knight's Cross lists, one for each of the three military branches, Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), Luftwaffe (Air force) and Waffen-SS. Within each of these lists a unique sequential number was assigned to each recipient. The same numbering paradigm was applied to the higher grades of the Knight's Cross, one list per grade.^[6] The sequential numbers greater than 143 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords are unofficial and were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) and are therefore denoted in parentheses.^[7]

This along with the * (asterisk), indicates that the Knight's Cross was awarded posthumously.
This indicates that historian Veit Scherzer has expressed doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.

Name	Service	Rank	Role and unit^{[Note 1]}	Date of award	Notes	Image
Wabro, FranzFranz Wabro	Heer	Unteroffizier	Group leader in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 534^[8]	01944-07-04 4 July 1944	—	—
Wachowiak, FriedrichFriedrich Wachowiak	Luftwaffe	Unteroffizier	Pilot in the III./Jagdgeschwader 52^[8]	01942-04-05 5 April 1942	—	—
Wack, HansHans Wack	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 485^[8]	01941-10-23 23 October 1941	—	—
Waetjen, RudolfRudolf Wätjen	Heer	Major	Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Großdeutschland"	01943-04-14 14 April 1943	—	—
Wagener, CarlCarl Wagener	Heer	Oberst im Generalsab	Chief of the general staff of the 1. Panzerarmee	01944-05-14 14 May 1944	—	—
Wagener, Dr. OttoDr. Otto Wagener	Heer	Generalmajor	Commander Division Insel Rhodos	01945-05-05 5 May 1945	—	—
Wagenfeld, LudwigLudwig Wagenfeld	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 3.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 122	01943-03-24 24 March 1943	—	—
Wagner, EdmundEdmund Wagner	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 51	01941-11-17 17 November 1941*	Killed in action 13 November 1941	—
Wagner, ErichErich Wagner	Heer	Obergefreiter	Gun leader in the 16./Jäger-Regiment 38	01943-08-23 23 August 1943	—	—
Wagner, FerdinandFerdinand Wagner	Heer	Unteroffizier	Rifle leader in the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 32	01944-12-12 12 December 1944	—	—
Wagner, GustavGustav Wagner	Heer	Oberst	Commande of Infanterie-Regiment 44	01941-12-14 14 December 1941	—	—
Wagner, HansHans Wagner	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 5	01943-04-18 18 April 1943	—	—
Wagner, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Wagner	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Chief of the Stabsbatterie/Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 286	01945-01-25 25 January 1945	—	—
Wagner, HeinzHeinz Wagner	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Platoon leader in the Kradschützen-Bataillon 6	01943-01-24 24 January 1943	—	—
Wagner, HelmutHelmut Wagner	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Platoon leader in the 6./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1	01942-01-24 24 January 1942	—	—
Wagner, HelmutHelmut Wagner	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 431	01944-12-09 9 December 1944	—	—
Wagner, HerbertHerbert Wagner	Heer	Generalleutnant	Commander of the 132. Infanterie-Division	01944-10-23 23 October 1944	—	—
Wagner, JosefJosef Wagner	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 1./Jäger-Regiment 227	01945-02-18 18 February 1945	—	—
Wagner, JürgenJürgen Wagner	Waffen-SS	SS-Oberführer	Commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania"	01943-07-24 24 July 1943	Awarded 680th Oak Leaves 11 December 1944	—
Wagner, KlausKlaus Wagner	Heer	Oberleutnant	Leader of the 3./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 667	01942-09-04 4 September 1942	—	—
Wagner, RudolfRudolf Wagner	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot in the 12./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"	01944-03-26 26 March 1944	Missing in action 11 December 1943	—
Wagner, WernerWerner Wagner	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 3./Panzer-Jäger-Lehr-Abteilung 130	01945-04-14 14 April 1945	—	—
Wilhelm, Wilhelm Wagner (officer)Wilhelm Wagner (officer) Wilhelm	Heer	Major	Commander of the II./Artillerie-Regiment 158	01944-04-11 11 April 1944	—	—
Wagner, WilliWilli Wagner	Heer	Oberwachtmeister	Platoon leader in the 3./Heeres-Küsten-Artillerie-Abteilung 789	01943-05-17 17 May 1943	—	—
Wahl, DietmarDietmar Wahl	Heer	Major	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 282	01943-08-29 29 August 1943*^{[Note 2]}	Died of wounds 13 August 1943^[9]	—
Wahl, ErnstErnst Wahl	Heer	Unteroffizier	Platoon leader in the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 389	01944-09-17 17 September 1944	—	—
Wahl, HansHans Wahl	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 23	01944-03-26 26 March 1944	—	—
Wahl, KurtKurt Wahl	Waffen-SS	SS-Hauptsturmführer	Leader of a Kampfgruppe in SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 38 "Götz von Berlichingen"	01944-08-23 23 August 1944	Awarded 720th Oak Leaves 1 February 1945	—
Wahl, WolfgangWolfgang Wahl	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the II./Panzer-Regiment 8	01942-01-06 6 January 1942	—	—
Waldecker, HelmutHelmut Waldecker	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän in the I./Kampfgeschwader 6	01943-11-22 22 November 1943	—	—
Walden, BrunoBruno Walden	Waffen-SS	Major der Schupo	Commander of the III./SS-Polizei-Regiment 2	01945-01-18 18 January 1945	—	—
Waldenburg, Siegfried vonSiegfried von Waldenburg	Heer	Oberst	Leader of the 116. Panzer-Division	01944-12-09 9 December 1944	—
Waldenfels, Rudolf Freiherr vonRudolf Freiherr von Waldenfels	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Schützen-Regiment 4	01941-10-11 11 October 1941	Awarded 476th Oak Leaves 14 May 1944	—
Waldhauser, JohannJohann Waldhauser	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 9./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77	01942-01-24 24 January 1942	—	—
Waldmann, HansHans Waldmann	Luftwaffe	Feldwebel	Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 52	01944-02-05 5 February 1944	—	—
Waldmüller, HansHans Waldmüller	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer	Commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25 "Hitlerjugend"	01944-08-27 27 August 1944	—	—
Waldner, FranzFranz Waldner	Heer	Obergefreiter	Richtschütze (gunner) in the 2./schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 655	01944-08-12 12 August 1944	—	—
Waldow, HermannHermann Waldow	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of Panzerspäh-Kompanie 700	01943-01-30 30 January 1943	—	—
Walle, GustavGustav Walle	Heer	Major	Commander of Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung "Großdeutschland"	01945-05-08 8 May 1945	—	—
Wallhäuser, HeinzHeinz Wallhäuser	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 1./Fallschirm-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung "Hermann Göring"	01944-11-30 30 November 1944	—	—
Wallowitz, WaltherWalther Wallowitz	Heer	Leutnant	Leader of the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 82	01943-11-14 14 November 1943*	Killed in action 20 October 1943	—
Walter, DomenikusDomenikus Walter	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the IV./Kampfgeschwader z.b.V. 1	01942-12-24 24 December 1942	—	—
Walter, GerhardGerhard Walter	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 5.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 29 (motorized)	01944-01-01 1 January 1944	—	—
Walter, HelmutHelmut Walter	Heer	Hauptmann	Battalion leader in Feld-Unteroffizier-Schule Dahlhausen (2. Panzer-Division)	01945-05-09 9 May 1945	—	—
Walter, KarlKarl Walter	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 131	01943-01-22 22 January 1943	—	—
Walter, KurtKurt Walter	Heer	Major	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 32	01942-09-25 25 September 1942	Awarded 345th Oak Leaves 5 December 1943
Walter, KurtKurt Walter	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3	01943-03-26 26 March 1943*^{[Note 3]}	Killed in action 26 October 1942^[10]	—
Walterbach, BernhardBernhard Walterbach	Heer	Unteroffizier	Platoon leader in the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 253	01943-09-22 22 September 1943	—	—
Walther, ErichErich Walther	Luftwaffe	Major	Commander of the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1	01940-05-24 24 May 1940	Awarded 411th Oak Leaves 2 March 1944 131st Swords 1 February 1945	—
Walther, GerhardGerhard Walther	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Schlachtgeschwader 4	01944-03-26 26 March 1944	—	—
Walther, WilhelmWilhelm Walther	Heer	Oberleutnant	Shock troops leader in the 4. Bau-Lehr-Bataillon z.b.V. 800 "Brandenburg"	01940-06-24 24 June 1940	—	—
Walz, HansHans Walz	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 1./Panzer-Abteilung 103	01945-04-14 14 April 1945	—	—
Wandel, Friedrich-WilhelmFriedrich-Wilhelm Wandel	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 347	01943-10-27 27 October 1943*	Killed in action 26 October 1943	—
Wandel, JoachimJoachim Wandel	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 54	01942-08-21 21 August 1942	—	—
Wandel, MartinMartin Wandel	Heer	Generalmajor	Commander of the 121. Infanterie-Division	01941-11-23 23 November 1941	—	—
Wandersleb, MartinMartin Wandersleb	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Chief of the 10./Grenadier-Regiment 2	01943-07-31 31 July 1943	—	—
Wandmaker, HelmutHelmut Wandmaker	Heer	Major	Commander of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 76	01945-04-05 5 April 1945	—	—
Wandrey, MaxMax Wandrey	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 11./Jäger-Regiment 1 "Brandenburg"	01944-01-09 9 January 1944	Awarded 787th Oak Leaves 16 March 1945	—
Wangerin, Friedrich-WilhelmFriedrich-Wilhelm Wangerin	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Commander of the III./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 16 -Ost-	01944-10-24 24 October 1944	—	—
Wanhöfer, GünterGünter Wanhöfer	Waffen-SS	SS-Hauptsturmführer	Commander of SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 54 "Nederland"	01944-08-27 27 August 1944	—	—
Wanka, KarlKarl Wanka	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 446	01944-02-23 23 February 1944	Awarded 800th Oak Leaves 23 March 1945
Wanke, ArturArtur Wanke	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 680	01943-10-25 25 October 1943	—	—
Wapnitz, ErichErich Wapnitz	Heer	Unteroffizier	Group leader in the Stabskompanie (Radfahrzug)/Grenadier-Regiment 671	01945-03-17 17 March 1945	—	—
Warnecke, FritzFritz Warnecke	Heer	Major	Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 517	01943-01-22 22 January 1943	—	—
Warnhoff, KarlKarl Warnhoff	Heer	Major	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 587	01943-09-30 30 September 1943*	Killed in action 2 September 1943	—
Warnkross, WolfgangWolfgang Warnkross	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Fähnrichsvater (ensign father/mentor) in Lehrkompanie of Grenadier-Ausbildungs-Regiment 640	01944-08-12 12 August 1944	—	—
Warrelmann, HinrichHinrich Warrelmann	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 502	01944-04-16 16 April 1944	Awarded 555th Oak Leaves 19 August 1944	—
Warrelmann, WilhelmWilhelm Warrelmann	Heer	Unteroffizier	Platoon leader in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 328	01944-03-15 15 March 1944*	Killed in action 13 February 1944	—
Warschnauer, HorstHorst Warschnauer	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 2./Pionier-Bataillon "Großdeutschland" (motorized)	01942-12-12 12 December 1942	Awarded 753rd Oak Leaves 24 February 1945	—
Wartenberg, Guido vonGuido von Wartenberg	Heer	Major	Leader of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 111	01943-10-06 6 October 1943	—	—
Warwel, Friedrich-KarlFriedrich-Karl Warwel	Heer	Stabsfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 14./Grenadier-Regiment 477	01943-09-13 13 September 1943	—	—
Wassmann, AdolfAdolf Waßmann	Heer	Obergefreiter	Machine gunner in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 255	01944-03-16 16 March 1944	—	—
Wawrok, ErnstErnst Wawrok	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 13./Jäger-Regiment 28	01943-02-09 9 February 1943	—	—
Weber, AlfonsAlfons Weber	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of the II./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 91	01944-06-09 9 June 1944	—	—
Weber, AloisAlois Weber	Heer	Major	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 19	01941-11-26 26 November 1941	Awarded 579th Oak Leaves 10 September 1944	—
Weber, AloisAlois Weber	Waffen-SS	SS-Hauptscharführer	Platoon leader in the 16.(Pi)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Deutschland"	01943-07-30 30 July 1943	—	—
Weber, BennoBenno Weber	Heer	Unteroffizier	Group leader in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 467	01943-12-23 23 December 1943	—	—
Weber, FranzFranz Weber	Heer	Obergefreiter	In the 8./Jäger-Regiment 28	01944-10-28 28 October 1944	—	—
Weber, FriedrichFriedrich Weber	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 481	01940-06-08 8 June 1940	—	—
Weber, GerhardGerhard Weber	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 41 (motorized)	01943-10-26 26 October 1943	—	—
Weber, GottfriedGottfried Weber	Heer	Major	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 162	01941-10-13 13 October 1941	Awarded 490th Oak Leaves 9 June 1944	—
Weber, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Weber	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the III./Füsilier-Regiment 27	01944-12-27 27 December 1944	—	—
Weber, HorstHorst Weber	Kriegsmarine	Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves	Commander of Schnellboot S-55	01943-07-05 5 July 1943	—	—
Weber, JakobJakob Weber	Heer	Feldwebel	Demi platoon leader in the 2./Panzer-Abteilung 21	01943-08-16 16 August 1943	—	—
Weber, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Weber	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelführer of the 7./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"	01943-11-12 12 November 1943	Awarded 529th Oak Leaves 20 July 1944	—
Weber, OttoOtto Weber	Heer	Major of the Reserves	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 933	01944-10-31 31 October 1944*	Killed in action 14 September 1944	—
Weber, PaulPaul Weber	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 9./Grenadier-Regiment 508	01943-07-25 25 July 1943	—	—
Weber, Paul-FriedelPaul-Friedel Weber	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 2./schwere Heeres-Flak-Abteilung 303	01942-10-10 10 October 1942	—	—
Weber, RudolfRudolf Weber	Heer	Feldwebel	Platoon leader in the 9./Panzer-Regiment 4	01945-02-14 14 February 1945	—	—
Weber, SiegfriedSiegfried Weber	Heer	Oberleutnant	Leader of the III./Jäger-Regiment 49	01942-10-30 30 October 1942	—	—
Weber, WalterWalter Weber	Heer	Unteroffizier	Company troop leader in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 211	01941-10-13 13 October 1941	—	—
Weber, WilhelmWilhelm Weber	Waffen-SS	SS-Obersturmführer	Leader of the divisions combat school of the 33. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Charlemagne"	01945-04-29 29 April 1945	—	—
Wechmar, Irnfried Freiherr vonIrnfried Freiherr von Wechmar	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3	01941-04-13 13 April 1941	—	—
Wechsung, WilliWilli Wechsung	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 426	01943-10-01 1 October 1943	—	—
Weck, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Weck	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Leader of the 3./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 4	01945-04-30 30 April 1945	—	—
Wecker, FranzFranz Wecker	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Jäger-Regiment 734	01945-05-09 9 May 1945	—	—
Weddig, ErnstErnst Weddig	Heer	Leutnant	Leader of the 4./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 101	01943-04-20 20 April 1943*	Killed in action 8 March 1943	—
Wedel, Busso vonBusso von Wedel	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 89	01943-05-18 18 May 1943	—	—
Wedel, Hermann vonHermann von Wedel	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 590	01943-06-08 8 June 1943	—	—
Wegener, PaulPaul Wegener	Heer	Wachtmeister	Gun leader in the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 237	01943-10-18 18 October 1943	—	—
Wegener, WernerWerner Wegener	Heer	Major of the Reserves	Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 3 (motorized)	01944-12-24 24 December 1944	—	—
Wegener, WilhelmWilhelm Wegener	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 94	01941-10-27 27 October 1941	Awarded 66th Oak Leaves 19 January 1942 97th Swords 17 September 1944	—
Weger, AloisAlois Weger	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 3./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33	01944-12-09 9 December 1944	—	—
Wegerer, FerdinandFerdinand Wegerer	Heer	Unteroffizier	Platoon leader in the 1./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10	01943-10-08 8 October 1943	Awarded 483rd Oak Leaves 4 June 1944	—
Weglehner, FriedrichFriedrich Weglehner	Heer	Major of the Reserves	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 390	01944-08-12 12 August 1944	—	—
Wegner, WilhelmWilhelm Wegner	Heer	Oberwachtmeister	Platoon leader in the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung "Großdeutschland"	01943-06-13 13 June 1943	—	—
Wehinger, AntonAnton Wehinger	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 578	01945-01-09 9 January 1945	—	—
Wehking, HermannHermann Wehking	Heer	Oberwachtmeister	Vorgeschobener Beobachter (forward observer) in the 1./Artillerie-Regiment 146 (motorized)	01944-01-15 15 January 1944	—	—
Wehlitz, LotharLothar Wehlitz	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Chief of the 1./schwere Artillerie-Abteilung 845	01944-02-06 6 February 1944	—	—
Wehmeyer, AlfredAlfred Wehmeyer	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 7./Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel"	01942-09-04 4 September 1942*	Killed in action 1 June 1942	—
Wehrmann, GerhardGerhard Wehrmann	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of Panzer-Grenadier-Feld-Ersatz-Bataillon 3	01944-11-03 3 November 1944	—	—
Weible, ErnstErnst Weible	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 3./Kampfgeschwader 54	01944-04-06 6 April 1944*	Killed in action 25 March 1944	—
Maximilian Freiherr von und zu Weichs an der Glon	Heer	General der Kavallerie	Commander-in-chief of the 2. Armee	01940-06-29 29 June 1940	Awarded 731st Oak Leaves 5 February 1945
Weichsel, AugustAugust Weichsel	Heer	Unteroffizier	Group leader in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 948	01945-04-30 30 April 1945	—	—
Weichsel, ErnstErnst Weichsel	Heer	Major	Commander of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 115	01945-05-05 5 May 1945	—	—
Weidenbrück, WilhelmWilhelm Weidenbrück	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 5./Panzer-Regiment 3	01942-09-16 16 September 1942	Awarded 649th Oak Leaves 16 November 1944	—
Weidhofer, OttoOtto Weidhofer	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 162	01944-05-15 15 May 1944	—	—
Weidinger, OttoOtto Weidinger	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer	Commander of SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich"	01944-04-21 21 April 1944	Awarded 688th Oak Leaves 26 December 1944 (150th) Swords 6 May 1945^{[Note 4]}
Weidling, HelmuthHelmuth Weidling	Heer	Generalmajor	Commander of the 86. Infanterie Division	01943-01-15 15 January 1943	Awarded 408th Oak Leaves 22 February 1944 115th Swords 28 November 1944
Weigel, HermannHermann Weigel	Heer	Major	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 328	01945-02-19 19 February 1945	—	—
Weigel, RudolfRudolf Weigel	Luftwaffe	Stabsfeldwebel	Pilot in the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77	01942-04-27 27 April 1942	—	—
Weihrauch, WernerWerner Weihrauch	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 2./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77	01943-02-19 19 February 1943	—	—
Weik, HansHans Weik	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Staffelführer of the 10./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"	01944-07-27 27 July 1944	—
Weiler, AugustAugust Weiler	Heer	Hauptmann	Battalion leader in Regiment "von Stössel"	01944-11-16 16 November 1944	—	—
Weiler, BrunoBruno Weiler	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Ski-Jäger-Regiment 1	01945-05-09 9 May 1945	—	—
Weimer, KilianKilian Weimer	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 109	01941-08-31 31 August 1941	Awarded 478th Oak Leaves 14 May 1944	—
Weimer, OttoOtto Weimer	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 957	01944-12-24 24 December 1944	—	—
Weinbuch, GeorgGeorg Weinbuch	Heer	Oberwachtmeister	In the 6./schweres Artillerie-Regiment 46	01942-07-28 28 July 1942*	Killed in action 24 May 1942	—
Weineck, JohannesJohannes Weineck	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Observer in the 5.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 122	01944-02-29 29 February 1944	—	—
Weinelt, RudolfRudolf Weinelt	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 2./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19	01943-11-12 12 November 1943	—	—
Weinknecht, Friedrich-AugustFriedrich-August Weinknecht	Heer	Generalmajor	Commander of the 79. Infanterie-Division	01944-07-15 15 July 1944	—	—
Weinlig, WernerWerner Weinlig^{[Note 5]}	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant	Commander of Torpedoboot T-23	01945-05-10 10 May 1945	—	—
Weinreich, FritzFritz Weinreich	Heer	Unteroffizier	Platoon leader in the 4./Reiter-Regiment 41	01945-03-17 17 March 1945*	Died of wounds 1 February 1945	—
Weinreich, HelmutHelmut Weinreich	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän in the III./Kampfgeschwader 30	01943-01-21 21 January 1943	—	—
Weippert, GustavGustav Weippert	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot and observer in the 2.(H)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 4	01944-09-30 30 September 1944	—	—
Weise, HubertHubert Weise	Luftwaffe	General der Flakartillerie	Commanding general of the I. Flak-Korps	01940-06-24 24 June 1940	—	—
Weisenberger, KarlKarl Weisenberger	Heer	Generalleutnant	Commander of the 71. Infanterie-Division	01940-06-29 29 June 1940	—	—
Weiser, HermannHermann Weiser	Waffen-SS	SS-Obersturmführer	Leader of the 2.(SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 1) "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"	01943-03-28 28 March 1943	—	—
Weisleder, Hans-GeorgHans-Georg Weisleder	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 453	01944-09-21 21 September 1944	—	—
Weismann, ErnstErnst Weismann	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot in the 12./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"	01942-08-21 21 August 1942	—	—
Weiss, AdolfAdolf Weiß	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 4./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77	01944-02-29 29 February 1944	—	—
ChristianChristian Weiß	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 26	01942-04-10 10 April 1942	—	—
Weiss, ErnstErnst Weiß	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 572	01944-06-24 24 June 1944	—	—
Weiss, FranzFranz Weiß	Heer	Major of the Reserves	Commander of the III./Panzer-Regiment 2	01945-03-11 11 March 1945	—	—
Weiss, FriedrichFriedrich Weiß	Luftwaffe	Unteroffizier	Gun leader in the 1./Flak-Regiment 36 (motorized)	01942-12-21 21 December 1942	—	—
Weiss, GeorgGeorg Weiß	Heer	Unteroffizier	Group leader in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 521	01943-11-12 12 November 1943	—	—
Weiss, HansHans Weiss	Waffen-SS	SS-Hauptsturmführer	Commander of SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich"	01943-04-06 6 April 1943	—
Weiss, HerbertHerbert Weiß	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 418	01943-01-07 7 January 1943	—	—
Weiss, JosefJosef Weiß	Heer	Obergefreiter	Messenger in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 24	01945-03-23 23 March 1945*	Died of wounds 13 March 1945	—
Weiss, OttoOtto Weiß	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the II.(S)/Lehrgeschwader 2	01940-05-18 18 May 1940	Awarded 52nd Oak Leaves 31 December 1941
Weiss, PaulPaul Weiß	Heer	Obergefreiter	Group leader of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 481	01943-09-16 16 September 1943	—	—
Weiss, RichardRichard Weiß	Heer	Major of the Reserves	Commander of Panzer-Abteilung 8	01945-04-30 30 April 1945	—	—
Weiss, RobertRobert Weiß	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 54	01944-03-26 26 March 1944	Awarded 782nd Oak Leaves 12 March 1945	—
Weiss, WalterWalter Weiß	Heer	Generalmajor	Commander of the 26. Infanterie-Division	01941-09-12 12 September 1941	Awarded 646th Oak Leaves 5 November 1944
Weißberg, WilhelmWilhelm Weißberg	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Commander of the I./Flak-Regiment 25 (motorized)	01944-10-24 24 October 1944	—	—
Weisse, BrunoBruno Weisse	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 430	01944-10-28 28 October 1944	—	—
Weissenberg, HorstHorst Weissenberg	Heer	Major	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 1	01945-03-23 23 March 1945	—	—
Weissenberger, TheodorTheodor Weissenberger	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 5	01942-11-13 13 November 1942	Awarded 266th Oak Leaves 2 August 1943
Weissflog, ErichErich Weißflog	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Information officer and wireless operator in Nachtjagdgeschwader 1	01944-06-24 24 June 1944	—	—
Weissflog, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Weißflog	Heer	Leutnant	Leader of the 2./Panzer-Regiment 16	01945-03-05 5 March 1945	—	—
Weissmann, EginhardEginhard Weißmann	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot in the 1./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"	01944-09-05 5 September 1944	—	—
Weissmüller, LudwigLudwig Weißmüller	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 462	01943-10-11 11 October 1943*	Killed in action 18 August 1943	—
Weiter, JosefJosef Weiter	Heer	Feldwebel	Platoon leader in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 697	01944-06-24 24 June 1944	—	—
Weitkunat, AdolfAdolf Weitkunat	Heer	Rittmeister of the Reserves	Chief of Aufklärungs-Schwadron 206	01941-11-04 4 November 1941	Awarded 346th Oak Leaves 5 December 1943	—
Weitkus, PaulPaul Weitkus	Luftwaffe	Oberstleutnant	Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"	01941-09-19 19 September 1941	—	—
Weitzel, AdalbertAdalbert Weitzel	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6	01944-08-23 23 August 1944*	Killed in action 17 August 1944	—
Wekenmann, MartinMartin Wekenmann	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 35	01945-02-05 5 February 1945	—	—
Welken, HeinrichHeinrich Welken	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 2./Flak-Regiment 231 (motorized)	01944-09-05 5 September 1944	—	—
Weller, FranzFranz Weller	Heer	Major	Leader of Infanterie-Regiment 54	01941-09-04 4 September 1941	Awarded 626th Oak Leaves 23 October 1944	—
Wellmann, ErnstErnst Wellmann	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3	01942-09-02 2 September 1942	Awarded 342nd Oak Leaves 30 November 1943	—
Welsch, WilliWilli Welsch	Heer	Hauptmann	Chief of the 2./Schützen-Regiment 110	01941-09-29 29 September 1941	—
Welskop, HeinrichHeinrich Welskop	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 11./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3	01941-08-21 21 August 1941	—	—
Welter, KurtKurt Welter	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot in the 10./Jagdgeschwader 300^[12]^{[Note 6]}	01944-10-18 18 October 1944	Awarded 769th Oak Leaves 11 March 1945	—
Welzel, Franz-JosefFranz-Josef Welzel	Heer	Major	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 461	01940-07-19 19 July 1940	—	—
Welzel, Karl-HeinrichKarl-Heinrich Welzel	Luftwaffe	Feldwebel	Pilot in the 7./Schlachtgeschwader 10	01944-09-05 5 September 1944	—	—
Wenck, WaltherWalther Wenck	Heer	Oberst im Generalstab	German chief of staff in the 3. Rumänische Armee	01942-10-28 28 October 1942	—
Wendenburg, GerhardGerhard Wendenburg	Heer	Major	Commander of Panzer-Abteilung 67	01940-08-15 15 August 1940	—	—
Wendland, HeinrichHeinrich Wendland	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 5./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 304	01944-07-20 20 July 1944*	Killed in action 18 June 1944	—
Wendlandt, SiegfriedSiegfried Wendlandt	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 320	01945-01-16 16 January 1945	—	—
Wendorff, HelmutHelmut Wendorff	Waffen-SS	SS-Untersturmführer	Platoon leader in the 13.(schwere)/SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"	01944-02-12 12 February 1944	—	—
Wendrinský, GustávGustáv Wendrinský	Waffen-SS	SS-Oberscharführer	Platoon leader in the 1./SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 8 "Florian Geyer"	01945-01-27 27 January 1945	—	—
Wendt, KarlKarl Wendt	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 412	01944-09-21 21 September 1944*	Killed in action 17 September 1944	—
Wendt, ManfredManfred Wendt	Heer	Hauptmann	Tasked with the leadership of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 66	01944-07-09 9 July 1944	—	—
Wendt, RudiRudi Wendt	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the Stab/Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"	01945-04-17 17 April 1945	—	—
Wendt, WilhelmWilhelm Wendt	Heer	Hauptfeldwebel	Kompaniefeldwebel (company sergeant) in the 5./Panzer-Regiment 5	01941-06-30 30 June 1941	—	—
Wendt, WolfWolf Wendt	Heer	Hauptmann	Adjutant in Grenadier-Regiment 88	01944-08-12 12 August 1944	—	—
Wenger, LeopoldLeopold Wenger	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 4./Schlachtgeschwader 10	01945-01-14 14 January 1945	—
Wengler, MaximilianMaximilian Wengler	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 366	01942-10-06 6 October 1942	Awarded 404th Oak Leaves 22 February 1944 123rd Swords 21 January 1945
Weniger, KarlKarl Weniger	Kriegsmarine	Kapitän zur See	Leader of the 2. Sicherungs-Division	01941-11-15 15 November 1941*	Killed in action 1 October 1941	—
Wenigmann, JosefJosef Wenigmann	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 3./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3	01941-07-05 5 July 1941	—	—
Wenke, KlausKlaus Wenke	Kriegsmarine	Oberleutnant zur See	Commander of U-Jäger UJ-208	01944-11-05 5 November 1944	—	—
Wensauer, MatthiasMatthias Wensauer	Heer	Major	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 442	01945-04-30 30 April 1945	—	—
Wentzell, FritzFritz Wentzell	Heer	Generalmajor	Chief of the general staff of the 10. Armee	01944-10-23 23 October 1944	—	—
Wenz, AlfredAlfred Wenz	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 435	01944-09-21 21 September 1944*	Killed in action 19 September 1944	—
Wenzel, BernhardBernhard Wenzel	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 12./Panzer-Regiment 24	01944-08-12 12 August 1944	—	—
Wenzelburger, GeorgGeorg Wenzelburger	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 1098	01944-12-26 26 December 1944	—	—
Werder, Richard vonRichard von Werder	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 102	01940-09-04 4 September 1940	—	—
Werfft, Dr. chem. PeterDr. chem. Peter Werfft	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 27	01945-01-28 28 January 1945	—	—
Werlin, WilhelmWilhelm Werlin	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän in the I./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"	01942-12-30 30 December 1942	—	—
Wermter, RudolfRudolf Wermter	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 415	01942-12-13 13 December 1942	—	—
Werner, ErnstErnst Werner	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 516	01942-09-10 10 September 1942	—	—
Werner, Ernst-AugustErnst-August Werner	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 980	01944-08-19 19 August 1944	—	—
Werner, GerhardGerhard Werner	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 3./Jagd-Kommando 8	01942-02-23 23 February 1942	Awarded 793rd Oak Leaves 23 March 1945	—
Werner, HeinzHeinz Werner	Heer	Major	Commander of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 240	01944-03-06 6 March 1944*^{[Note 7]}	Killed in action 26 January 1944	—
Werner, HeinzHeinz Werner	Waffen-SS	SS-Hauptsturmführer	Leader of the III.(gep.)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer"	01944-08-23 23 August 1944	Awarded 864th Oak Leaves 6 May 1945	—
Werner, OttoOtto Werner	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 3./schwere Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 666	01944-01-22 22 January 1944*	Killed in action 18 December 1943	—
Werner, Paul-HermannPaul-Hermann Werner	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Panzer-Regiment 31	01940-06-03 3 June 1940	—	—
Werner, WalterWalter Werner	Luftwaffe	Feldwebel	Group leader in the 1./Fallschirm-Pionier-Bataillon 1	01944-06-09 9 June 1944	—	—
Wernicke, HeinzHeinz Wernicke	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot in the 1./Jagdgeschwader 54	01944-09-30 30 September 1944	—	—
Wernig, EmilEmil Wernig	Heer	Feldwebel	Platoon leader in the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 105	01943-06-25 25 June 1943	—	—
Wernitz, UlrichUlrich Wernitz	Luftwaffe	Feldwebel	Pilot in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 54^{[Note 8]}	01944-10-29 29 October 1944	—	—
Werra, Franz Baron vonFranz Baron von Werra	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	adjutant of the II./Jagdgeschwader 3	01940-12-14 14 December 1940	—	—
Werther, HellmuthHellmuth Werther	Kriegsmarine	Oberleutnant zur See	Commander and group leader in the Küstenschutz-Flottille "Attika"	01944-11-08 8 November 1944	—	—
Werthern, Thilo Freiherr vonThilo Freiherr von Werthern	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 3./Schützen-Regiment 394	01941-09-08 8 September 1941	—	—
Thilo Freiherr und Herr von Werthern-Beichlingen	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 1./Panzer-Regiment 27	01941-11-18 18 November 1941	—	—
Wesche, WillyWilly Wesche	Heer	Major	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 430	01943-04-09 9 April 1943	Awarded 541st Oak Leaves 6 August 1944	—
Wessel, RudolfRudolf Wessel	Heer	Unteroffizier	Group leader in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 1076	01944-12-26 26 December 1944	—	—
Wessel, WalterWalter Wessel	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 15 (motorized)	01940-08-15 15 August 1940	Awarded 76th Oak Leaves 17 February 1942	—
Wessels, Johann-FriedrichJohann-Friedrich Wessels	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant (Ing.)	Chief engineer on U-198	01944-03-09 9 March 1944	—	—
Wessling, OttoOtto Weßling	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"	01942-09-03 3 September 1942	Awarded 530th Oak Leaves 20 July 1944	—
Westberg, GünterGünter Westberg	Heer	Leutnant	Leader of the 1./Aufklärungs-Abteilung 8	01945-01-31 31 January 1945	—	—
Westenberger, WalterWalter Westenberger	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 255	01943-11-12 12 November 1943	—	—
Westermann, WilhelmWilhelm Westermann	Heer	Leutnant	Leader of the 1./Kradschützen-Bataillon 25	01941-09-15 15 September 1941	—	—
Westhofen, HeinrichHeinrich Westhofen	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 3./Schützen-Regiment 73	01942-03-01 1 March 1942	—	—
Westhoven, FranzFranz Westhoven	Heer	Generalleutnant	Commander of the 3. Panzer-Division	01943-10-25 25 October 1943	—	—
Westphal, SiegfriedSiegfried Westphal	Heer	Oberst im Generalstab	Ia (operations officer) in the Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee	01942-11-29 29 November 1942	—	—
Westphalen, OttoOtto Westphalen	Kriegsmarine	Oberleutnant zur See	Commander of U-968	01945-03-23 23 March 1945	—	—
Wetjen, HeinrichHeinrich Wetjen	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the 1./Jäger-Regiment 49	01945-03-28 28 March 1945	—	—
Wettengel, AlfredAlfred Wettengel	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the Stabsbatterie in the I./Artillerie-Regiment 60	01944-09-21 21 September 1944	—	—
Wettengel, KarlKarl Wettengel	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Adjutant in Grenadier-Regiment 559	01944-01-24 24 January 1944	—	—
Wetzel, FriedrichFriedrich Wetzel	Heer	Unteroffizier	Group leader in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 438	01944-08-19 19 August 1944	—	—
Wetzel, WilhelmWilhelm Wetzel	Heer	General der Infanterie	Commanding general of the V. Armeekorps	01942-08-07 7 August 1942	—	—
Wevelsiep, KurtKurt Wevelsiep	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 327	01944-09-30 30 September 1944	—	—
Wever, WaltherWalther Wever	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot in the 3./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"	01945-01-28 28 January 1945	—	—
Weyel, ErichErich Weyel	Heer	Oberleutnant	Leader of the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Infanterie-Regiment 506	01941-12-20 20 December 1941	—	—
Weyher, KurtKurt Weyher	Kriegsmarine	Fregattenkapitän	Commander of auxiliary cruiser Orion (HSK-1)	01941-08-21 21 August 1941	—	—
Weymann, MartinMartin Weymann	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3	01945-02-10 10 February 1945	—	—
Weyrauch, Ernst vonErnst von Weyrauch	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 2.(H)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 14	01943-12-31 31 December 1943	—	—
Weyrauch, HelmutHelmut Weyrauch	Heer	Leutnant	Leader of the 4.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 81	01943-12-07 7 December 1943	—	—
Wichert, WillyWilly Wichert	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Chief of the 3./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 291	01943-11-06 6 November 1943	—	—
Wick, HelmutHelmut Wick	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 3./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen"	01940-08-27 27 August 1940	Awarded 4th Oak Leaves 6 October 1940
Wicke, WolfhartWolfhart Wicke	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 5./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 144	01943-02-08 8 February 1943	—	—
Wickede, Thomas-Emil vonThomas-Emil von Wickede	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 4	01940-08-15 15 August 1940	—	—
Wickel, PaulPaul Wickel	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 57	01944-06-04 4 June 1944	—	—
Wickmann, TheoTheo Wickmann	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 248	01945-03-23 23 March 1945	—	—
Widmayer, ErwinErwin Widmayer	Heer	Feldwebel	Platoon leader in the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 358	01944-08-12 12 August 1944	—	—
Wiebe, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Wiebe	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant (Ing.)	Chief engineer on U-178	01944-05-22 22 May 1944	—	—
Wiechec, Franz-JosefFranz-Josef Wiechec	Heer	Major	Leader of Fähnrichs-Regiment 3 (Division "Märkisch Friedland")	01945-04-05 5 April 1945	—	—
Wiechoczek, JosefJosef Wiechoczek	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 5./Jäger-Regiment 28	01944-12-09 9 December 1944	—	—
Wiede, Friedrich-WilhelmFriedrich-Wilhelm Wiede	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Chief of the 9./Artillerie-Regiment 238	01944-02-07 7 February 1944	—	—
Wiedemann, WolfgangWolfgang Wiedemann	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 125	01943-09-10 10 September 1943	—	—
Wiegand, KarlKarl Wiegand	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 2./Flak-Regiment 18 (motorized)	01942-05-09 9 May 1942	—	—
Wiegand, KurtKurt Wiegand	Heer	Obergefreiter	Gunner in the Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 32	01944-01-05 5 January 1944	—	—
Wieland, FriedrichFriedrich Wieland	Heer	Rittmeister of the Reserves	Commander of Aufklärungs-Abteilung 94	01944-10-16 16 October 1944	—	—
Wieland, WillyWilly Wieland	Heer	Unteroffizier	Platoon leader in the 11./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 35	01945-01-25 25 January 1945	—	—
Wienke, HansHans Wienke	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 196	01943-10-13 13 October 1943	—	—
Wienke, WalterWalter Wienke	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 426	01942-08-20 20 August 1942	—	—
Wienrich, ArnoArno Wienrich	Heer	Stabsgefreiter	Vorgeschobener Beobachter (forward observer) and radio operator in the 2./Artillerie-Regiment 11	01945-05-05 5 May 1945	—	—
Wierschin, HelmuthHelmuth Wierschin	Heer	Stabsfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 2./Panzer-Regiment 18	01942-01-12 12 January 1942	—	—
Wiese, ErichErich Wiese	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Observer in the 1.(F)/Nachtaufklärungs-Staffel	01944-03-26 26 March 1944	—	—
Wiese, FriedrichFriedrich Wiese	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 39	01942-02-14 14 February 1942	Awarded 372nd Oak Leaves 24 January 1944	—
Wiese, HeinrichHeinrich Wiese	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 361 (motorized)	01944-10-04 4 October 1944	—	—
Wiese, HubertHubert Wiese	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 552	01945-05-05 5 May 1945	—	—
Wiese, JohannesJohannes Wiese	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 2./Jagdgeschwader 52	01943-01-05 5 January 1943	Awarded 418th Oak Leaves 2 March 1944	—
Wieselhuber, HelmutHelmut Wieselhuber	Heer	Leutnant	Platoon leader in the I./schweres Werfer-Regiment 1	01944-05-14 14 May 1944	—	—
Wiesemann, EmilEmil Wiesemann	Waffen-SS	SS-Hauptsturmführer	Chief of the 2./SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"	01943-12-20 20 December 1943*	Killed in action 14 November 1943	—
Wiesemann, OttoOtto Wiesemann	Heer	Feldwebel	Platoon leader in the 1./Panzer-Regiment 1	01944-12-11 11 December 1944	—	—
Wiesmann, HugoHugo Wiesmann	Heer	Unteroffizier	Richtschütze (gunner) in the 1./Panzer-Regiment 11	01944-09-21 21 September 1944	—	—
Wiesner, HerbertHerbert Wiesner	Heer	Oberleutnant	Leader of the 3./Heeres-Pionier-Bataillon 42	01944-09-21 21 September 1944	—	—
Wiesner, WilliWilli Wiesner	Heer	Major	Commander of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 257	01941-09-29 29 September 1941	—	—
Wiest, XaverXaver Wiest	Heer	Oberjäger	Group leader in the 3./Skijäger-Regiment 1	01944-11-26 26 November 1944	—	—
Wietersheim, Gustav Anton vonGustav Anton von Wietersheim	Heer	General der Infanterie	Commanding general of the XIV. Armeekorps	01941-04-20 20 April 1941	—	—
Wietersheim, Walter vonWalter von Wietersheim	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the II./Panzer-Regiment "Großdeutschland"	01944-05-15 15 May 1944	—
Wietersheim, Wend vonWend von Wietersheim	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Schützen-Regiment 113	01942-02-10 10 February 1942	Awarded 176th Oak Leaves 12 January 1943 58th Swords 26 March 1944
Wieting, FranzFranz Wieting	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 6./Kampfgeschwader 30	01940-06-14 14 June 1940	—	—
Wiktorin, Mauritz vonMauritz von Wiktorin	Heer	Generalleutnant	Commander of the 20. Infanterie-Division (motorized)	01940-08-15 15 August 1940	—	—
Wilborn, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Wilborn	Heer	Unteroffizier of the Reserves	Group leader in the 9./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25	01945-05-06 6 May 1945	—	—
Wilcke, Dr. med. HorstDr. med. Horst Wilcke	Heer	Oberarzt of the Reserves	Troop doctor in the III./Infanterie-Regiment 120 (motorized)	01942-07-25 25 July 1942	—	—
Wilcke, Wolf-DietrichWolf-Dietrich Wilcke	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 53	01941-08-06 6 August 1941	Awarded 122nd Oak Leaves 9 September 1942 23rd Swords 23 December 1942	—
Wild, PhilippPhilipp Wild	Waffen-SS	SS-Oberscharführer	Panzer commander in the 1./SS-Panzer-Abteilung 11	01944-03-21 21 March 1944	—	—
Wilde, HeinzHeinz Wilde	Heer	Stabsintendant (equivalent to Hauptmann)	Divisionsintendant (IV a—replenishment staff officer) in the 353. Infanterie-Division and leader of a Kampfgruppe	01944-09-21 21 September 1944	—	—
Dr. jur. Hermann-Eberhard Hermann-Eberhard Wildermuth	Heer	Major of the Reserves	Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 272	01940-08-15 15 August 1940	—	—
Wildner, AntonAnton Wildner	Heer	Obergefreiter	Group leader in the 1./Regiment-Gruppe 262	01944-09-10 10 September 1944	—	—
Wildschütz, WaldemarWaldemar Wildschütz	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 419	01942-10-02 2 October 1942	—	—
Wilfling, GüntherGünther Wilfling	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 501	01943-05-05 5 May 1943	—	—
Wilhelm, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Wilhelm	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Pilot in the 9./Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"	01944-10-29 29 October 1944	—	—
Wilhelm, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Wilhelm	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 46	01943-03-31 31 March 1943	—	—
Wilhelm, PaulPaul Wilhelm	Heer	Hauptfeldwebel	Leader of Alarmkompanie (alarm company) in Marsch-Bataillon 469	01945-05-05 5 May 1945	—	—
Wilke, GiselherGiselher Wilke	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Platoon leader in the 1.(Jagdpanzer)/Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 19	01945-04-14 14 April 1945	—	—
Wilke, GustavGustav Wilke	Luftwaffe	Oberstleutnant	Gruppenkommandeur of Kampfgruppe z.b.V. 11	01940-05-24 24 May 1940	—	—
Wilke, HeinrichHeinrich Wilke	Luftwaffe	Feldwebel	Radio/wireless operator in the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 100	01944-12-06 6 December 1944	—	—
Wilke, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Wilke	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot and observer in the 2.(H)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 4	01944-11-25 25 November 1944	—	—
Will, FritzFritz Will	Luftwaffe	Feldwebel	Pilot in the 6./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"	01943-05-22 22 May 1943	—	—
Willig, KarlKarl Willig	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 120 (motorized)	01942-07-25 25 July 1942	Awarded 179th Oak Leaves 18 January 1943	—
Willing, GerhardGerhard Willing	Heer	Major	Commander of the III./Panzer-Regiment 33	01943-03-07 7 March 1943	—	—
Willius, KarlKarl Willius	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Staffelführer of the 2./Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"	01944-06-09 9 June 1944	—	—
Willms, KurtKurt Willms	Heer	Leutnant	Platoon leader in the 1./Pionier-Bataillon 36	01944-02-23 23 February 1944	—	—
Wimmer, AlfredAlfred Wimmer	Heer	Oberleutnant	Leader of the III./Grenadier-Regiment "Oberrhein"	01945-01-16 16 January 1945	—	—
Wimmer, FriedrichFriedrich Wimmer	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 412	01944-09-30 30 September 1944	—	—
Wimmer, JohannJohann Wimmer	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Commander of the I./Fallschirm-Panzer-Ausbildungs und Ersatz-Regiment "Hermann Göring"	01945-01-28 28 January 1945	—	—
Winckler, RainerRainer Winckler	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 57	01943-10-21 21 October 1943	—	—
Windbiel, AntonAnton Windbiel	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the III./Jäger-Regiment 56	01942-11-21 21 November 1942	—	—
Windisch, AloisAlois Windisch	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 139	01940-06-20 20 June 1940	—	—
Windisch, JohannJohann Windisch	Heer	Obergefreiter	Group leader in the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 519	01943-11-18 18 November 1943	—	—
Windmann, ErichErich Windmann	Heer	Oberst	Artilleriekommandeur 35	01944-11-06 6 November 1944	—	—
Windschügl, HaraldHarald Windschügl	Heer	Major	Division adjutant of the 227. Infanterie-Division	01945-04-14 14 April 1945	—	—
Windschüttl, PeterPeter Windschüttl	Heer	Unteroffizier of the Reserves	14.(Panzer-Jäger)/Grenadier-Regiment 72	01943-07-22 22 July 1943	—	—
Winkler, KurtKurt Winkler	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 101	01945-03-17 17 March 1945	—	—
Winnerl, RudolfRudolf Winnerl	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 4./Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"	01943-04-18 18 April 1943	—	—
Winter, FriedrichFriedrich Winter	Luftwaffe	Feldwebel	Pilot in the 2.(H)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 16	01944-12-06 6 December 1944	—	—
Winter, KurtKurt Winter	Heer	Major	Commander of the III./Jäger-Regiment 83	01944-09-02 2 September 1944	—	—
Winter, MichaelMichael Winter	Heer	Unteroffizier	Gun leader in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Grenadier-Regiment 168	01944-06-09 9 June 1944	—	—
Winter, WernerWerner Winter	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant	Commander of U-103	01942-06-05 5 June 1942	—	—
Winterfeld, Hild-Wilfried vonHild-Wilfried von Winterfeld	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 24	01943-01-22 22 January 1943	—	—
Winterfeldt, Alexander vonAlexander von Winterfeldt	Luftwaffe	Major of the Reserves	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Jagdgeschwader 77	01941-07-05 5 July 1941	—	—
Winterhoff, KarlKarl Winterhoff	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Platoon leader of the 3./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 115	01944-12-18 18 December 1944	—	—
Wintershoff, EduardEduard Wintershoff	Heer	Unteroffizier	Gun leader in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 8	01942-08-25 25 August 1942	—	—
Winzen, KarlKarl Winzen	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 289	01944-10-20 20 October 1944	—	—
Winzer, WillyWilly Winzer	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 578	01942-11-03 3 November 1942	—	—
Wipfler, FranzFranz Wipfler	Heer	Feldwebel	Platoon leader in the 11./Jäger-Regiment 56	01942-05-15 15 May 1942	—	—
Wippermann, MaxMax Wippermann	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Platoon leader in the 7./Flak-Regiment 4 (motorized)	01942-11-16 16 November 1942	—	—
Wirsching, MaximilianMaximilian Wirsching	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 2./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 507	01945-02-07 7 February 1945	—	—
Wirth, GeorgGeorg Wirth	Heer	Feldwebel	Platoon leader in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Grenadier-Regiment 21	01943-10-22 22 October 1943	—	—
Wisch, TheodorTheodor Wisch	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer	Commander of the II./SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"	01941-09-15 15 September 1941	Awarded 393rd Oak Leaves 12 February 1944 94th Swords 30 August 1944
Wischhusen, Dr. med. WernerDr. med. Werner Wischhusen	Heer	Oberarzt	Division doctor in the 22. Infanterie-Division	01940-05-26 26 May 1940	—	—
Wischnewski, HermannHermann Wischnewski	Luftwaffe	Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 2./Jagdgeschwader 300	01944-12-16 16 December 1944	—	—
Wisliceny, Günther-EberhardtGünther-Eberhardt Wisliceny	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer	Commander of the III./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland"	01943-07-30 30 July 1943	Awarded 687th Oak Leaves 26 December 1944 (151st) Swords 6 May 1945
Wissemann, Hans-JoachimHans-Joachim Wissemann	Heer	Hauptmann	Chief of the 2./Kradschützen-Bataillon 6	01943-02-08 8 February 1943	—	—
Witsch, RudolfRudolf Witsch	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Platoon leader of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 308	01942-09-03 3 September 1942	—	—
Witschel, KurtKurt Witschel	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Leader of the 2./Jäger-Regiment 28	01943-01-04 4 January 1943	Awarded 773rd Oak Leaves 11 March 1945	—
Witt, FritzFritz Witt	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer	Commander of the I./SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Deutschland"	01940-09-04 4 September 1940	Awarded 200th Oak Leaves 1 March 1943
Witt, HansHans Witt	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant	Commander of U-129	01942-12-17 17 December 1942	—	—
Witt, HeinrichHeinrich Witt	Kriegsmarine	Oberleutnant (M.A.) of the Reserves	Chief of Battery "Sargorsch" in the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 259 (Marine-Flak-Regiment 9)	01945-04-20 20 April 1945	—	—
Witt, HeinzHeinz Witt	Heer	Feldwebel	Platoon leader of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 4	01944-09-05 5 September 1944	—	—
Witt, HellmuthHellmuth Witt	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 134	01944-07-27 27 July 1944	—	—
Witt, HermannHermann Witt	Kriegsmarine	Fregattenkapitän	Harbour commander of Cherbourg	01944-09-24 24 September 1944	—	—
Witt, OttoOtto Witt	Heer	Feldwebel	Platoon leader of the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 43	01944-09-21 21 September 1944	—	—
Wittchow von Brese-Winiary, HeinzHeinz Wittchow von Brese-Winiary	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 108	01943-05-15 15 May 1943	Awarded 441st Oak Leaves 6 April 1944	—
Witte, AlbertAlbert Witte	Heer	Oberwachtmeister	Platoon leader in the 1./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 394	01945-03-11 11 March 1945	—	—
Witte, GerhardGerhard Witte	Heer	Major	Commander of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25	01944-08-23 23 August 1944	—	—
Witte, HeinrichHeinrich Witte	Luftwaffe	Obergefreiter	Gunner in the 7./Flak-Regiment "Hermann Göring"	01943-05-18 18 May 1943	—	—
Witte, HelmutHelmut Witte	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant	Commander of U-159	01942-10-22 22 October 1942	—	—
Wittenstein, Heinz-WilliHeinz-Willi Wittenstein	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 146	01945-02-14 14 February 1945	—	—
Wittenzeller, HansHans Wittenzeller	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 1./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 144	01944-06-09 9 June 1944	—	—
Wittgenstein, Leo-Volkhard Freiherr vonLeo-Volkhard Freiherr von Wittgenstein	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 410	01943-04-06 6 April 1943	—	—
Witthöft, JoachimJoachim Witthöft	Heer	Generalleutnant	Commander of the 86. Infanterie-Division	01941-12-14 14 December 1941	—	—
Wittholz, Karl-FriedrichKarl-Friedrich Wittholz	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Platoon leader in the 6./Panzer-Regiment 36	01942-12-17 17 December 1942	—	—
Wittig, Hans-KarlHans-Karl Wittig	Luftwaffe	Feldwebel	Leader of the 11./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1	01944-02-05 5 February 1944	—	—
Wittkamp, KasparKaspar Wittkamp	Heer	Feldwebel	In the 4.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 77	01943-10-18 18 October 1943	—	—
Wittkopf, HeinrichHeinrich Wittkopf	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 530	01941-09-29 29 September 1941	—	—
Wittmann, AlfredAlfred Wittmann	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 546	01944-05-15 15 May 1944	—	—
Wittmann, AugustAugust Wittmann	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 95	01941-06-21 21 June 1941	—	—
Wittmann, HerbertHerbert Wittmann	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the Stabsstaffel/Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor"	01941-11-23 23 November 1941	Awarded 735th Oak Leaves 11 February 1945	—
Wittmann, MichaelMichael Wittmann	Waffen-SS	SS-Untersturmführer	Platoon leader in the 13.(schw.)/SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"	01944-01-14 14 January 1944	Awarded 380th Oak Leaves 30 January 1944 71st Swords 22 June 1944
Wittmer, HeinrichHeinrich Wittmer	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Kampfgeschwader 55	01941-11-12 12 November 1941	—	—
Wittrock, JosefJosef Wittrock	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	1./Grenadier-Regiment 453	01944-09-10 10 September 1944	—	—
Witzendorff, Kurt vonKurt von Witzendorff	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 13./Infanterie-Regiment 178	01941-08-30 30 August 1941	—	—
Witzig, RudolfRudolf Witzig	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Leader of Sturmgruppe "Granit" in the Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Abteilung "Koch"	01940-05-10 10 May 1940	Awarded 662nd Oak Leaves 25 November 1944	—
Witzleben, Erwin vonErwin von Witzleben^{[Note 9]}	Heer	Generaloberst	Commander-in-chief of the 1. Armee	01940-06-24 24 June 1940	—
Witzleben, Henning vonHenning von Witzleben	Heer	Major	Commander of Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 16	01942-02-06 6 February 1942	—	—
Wodrig, AlbertAlbert Wodrig	Heer	General der Artillerie	Commanding general of the XXVI. Armeekorps	01940-07-19 19 July 1940	—	—
Woehl, EdmundEdmund Woehl	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Panzergreandier-Regiment 30^[17]	01945-04-28 28 April 1945	—	—
Woehler, OttoOtto Wöhler	Heer	General der Infanterie	Commanding general of the I. Armeekormmando	01943-08-14 14 August 1943	Awarded 671st Oak Leaves 28 November 1944
Woehnert, UlrichUlrich Wöhnert	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 54	01944-12-06 6 December 1944	—	—
Woelfel, ErichErich Woelfel	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Infanterie-Regiment 534	01943-01-28 28 January 1943	—	—
Wohlers, HeinrichHeinrich Wohlers	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6	01943-12-31 31 December 1943	—	—
Wohlfahrt, HelmutHelmut Wohlfahrt	Heer	Oberst	Grenadier-Regiment 110	01943-08-29 29 August 1943	—	—
Wohlfarth, HerbertHerbert Wohlfarth	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant	Commander of U-556	01941-05-15 15 May 1941	—	—
Wohlfeil, OttoOtto Wohlfeil	Heer	Hauptmann	I./Grenadier-Regiment 371	01943-09-03 3 September 1943	—	—
Wohlgemuth, KarlKarl Wohlgemuth	Heer	Major	Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 1	01944-09-30 30 September 1944	—	—
Woidich, FranzFranz Woidich	Luftwaffe	Leutnant of the Reserves	Pilot in the 3./Jagdgeschwader 52	01944-06-11 11 June 1944	—	—
Wojak, AlfredAlfred Wojak	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 11./Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 73	01944-06-09 9 June 1944	—	—
Woldenga, BernhardBernhard Woldenga	Luftwaffe	Major	Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 77	01941-07-05 5 July 1941	—	—
Wolf, AdolfAdolf Wolf	Luftwaffe	Oberstleutnant	Commander of the I./Flak-Regiment 64 (motorized)	01940-06-20 20 June 1940	—	—
Wolf, AdolfAdolf Wolf	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 431	01941-10-11 11 October 1941	—	—
Wolf, AlbinAlbin Wolf	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 54	01943-11-22 22 November 1943	Awarded 464th Oak Leaves 27 April 1944	—
Wolf, AlfredAlfred Wolf	Heer	Major	Commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 23	01944-04-15 15 April 1944	—	—
Wolf, AloisAlois Wolf	Heer	Hauptmann	Chief of the 3./Pionier-Bataillon 161	01945-02-14 14 February 1945	—	—
Wolf, CosmasCosmas Wolf	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Company troop leader in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 279	01945-01-25 25 January 1945	—	—
Wolf, EberhardEberhard Wolf^{[Note 10]}	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of Heeres-Pionier-Bataillon 505	01944-07-20 20 July 1944	—	—
Wolf, HermannHermann Wolf	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 11	01945-04-24 24 April 1945	—	—
Wolf, KarlKarl Wolf	Heer	Unteroffizier	Group leader in the II./Grenadier-Regiment 432	01945-02-28 28 February 1945	—	—
Wolf, RichardRichard Wolf	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 208	01943-01-20 20 January 1943	—	—
Wolf, RichardRichard Wolf	Heer	Leutnant	In the Kampfgruppe "Tenschert" in the fortress Breslau	01945-03-04 4 March 1945	—	—
Wolf, WalterWalter Wolf	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 4./Panzer-Regiment 35	01944-10-16 16 October 1944	—	—
Wolf, WernerWerner Wolf	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Leader of MG-Bataillon 420	01945-02-18 18 February 1945	—	—
Wolf, WilhelmWilhelm Wolf	Heer	Stabsfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 2./Panzer-Abteilung 103	01942-08-07 7 August 1942	—	—
Wolff, Dr. GottliebDr. Gottlieb Wolff	Luftwaffe	Oberst	Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"	01943-01-05 5 January 1943	—	—
Wolff, Hans Freiherr vonHans Freiherr von Wolff	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the I./Schützen-Regiment 8	01940-07-13 13 July 1940	Awarded 61st Oak Leaves 16 January 1942	—
Wolff, HansHans Wolff	Luftwaffe	Hauptmann	Staffelkapitän of the 1.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 124	01942-01-12 12 January 1942	—	—
Wolff, HansHans Wolff^{[Note 11]}	Heer	Oberleutnant	Leader of the 3./Infanterie-Bataillon z.b.V. 540	01943-02-08 8 February 1943	—	—
Wolff, HeinzHeinz Wolff	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Leader of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 110	01944-12-12 12 December 1944	—	—
Wolff, Horst vonHorst von Wolff	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 478	01941-10-10 10 October 1941	—	—
Wolff, Joachim-HelmutJoachim-Helmut Wolff^{[Note 12]}	Heer	Oberstleutnant	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment "Feldherrnhalle"	01945-01-21 21 January 1945	—	—
Wolff, KurtKurt Wolff	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 415	01943-11-30 30 November 1943	—	—
Wolff, LudwigLudwig Wolff	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 192	01940-05-26 26 May 1940	Awarded 100th Oak Leaves 22 June 1942
Wolff, Max-EckartMax-Eckart Wolff	Kriegsmarine	Korvettenkapitän	Commander of destroyer Georg Thiele (Z-2)	01940-08-04 4 August 1940	—	—
Wolff, OttoOtto Wolff	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 3./Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 263	01944-02-29 29 February 1944	—	—
Wolff, RichardRichard Wolff	Heer	Feldwebel	Platoon leader in the 1./Füsilier-Regiment 202	01944-03-12 12 March 1944	—	—
Wolff, WernerWerner Wolff	Waffen-SS	SS-Untersturmführer	Adjutant of the III.(gep.)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"	01943-08-07 7 August 1943	—
Wolff, WilhelmWilhelm Wolff	Luftwaffe	Oberst	Commander of Flak-Regiment 37 (motorized)	01943-01-24 24 January 1943	—	—
Wolff, WilhelmWilhelm Wolff	Heer	Oberleutnant of the Reserves	Chief of the 10./Panzer-Regiment 36	01943-12-09 9 December 1943	—	—
Wolfram, EberhardEberhard Wolfram	Kriegsmarine	Konteradmiral	Befehshaber der Sicherung der Nordsee (Commander-in-Chief of the security North Sea)	01941-05-25 25 May 1941
Wolfram, EberhardEberhard Wolfram	Heer	Hauptmann	Chief of the 4./Infanterie-Regiment 82	01942-11-13 13 November 1942	—	—
Wolfrum, WalterWalter Wolfrum	Luftwaffe	Leutnant	Pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 52	01944-07-27 27 July 1944	—
Wolkewitz, ErichErich Wolkewitz	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 478	01943-04-30 30 April 1943	—	—
Woll, BalthasarBalthasar Woll	Waffen-SS	SS-Rottenführer	Gunner in the 13.(schwere)/SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"	01944-01-16 16 January 1944	—	—
Wollschlaeger, ArturArtur Wollschläger	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 2./Panzer-Regiment 35	01942-01-12 12 January 1942	—	—
Wollschlaeger, HerbertHerbert Wollschlaeger	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Battery officer in the Artillerie-Regiment 32	01943-10-22 22 October 1943	—	—
Wolz, AlwinAlwin Wolz	Luftwaffe	Oberst	Commander of Flak-Regiment 135 (motorized)	01943-06-04 4 June 1943	—	—
Wonde, HermannHermann Wonde	Heer	Leutnant	Leader of the 6./Reiter-Regiment 41	01945-03-23 23 March 1945	—	—
Wontorra, KurtKurt Wontorra	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 239	01943-07-21 21 July 1943	—	—
Woock, HeinzHeinz Woock	Heer	Hauptmann	Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 274	01944-07-18 18 July 1944	—	—
Worthmann, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Worthmann	Waffen-SS	SS-Hauptscharführer	Platoon leader in the 6./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 "Das Reich"	01943-03-31 31 March 1943	—
Wosnitza, AloisAlois Wosnitza	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 6./Schlachtgeschwader 77	01944-03-26 26 March 1944	—	—
Woszczella, GustavGustav Woszczella	Heer	Leutnant	Leader of the 8.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 208	01944-07-04 4 July 1944	—	—
Wrangel, WernerWerner Wrangel	Heer	Gefreiter	Richtschütze (gunner) in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 160	01943-02-08 8 February 1943	—	—
Wrede, Theodor Freiherr vonTheodor Freiherr von Wrede	Heer	Generalleutnant	Commander of the 290. Infanterie-Division	01942-02-22 22 February 1942	—	—
Wriedt, WalterWalter Wriedt	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader of the 13./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 138	01943-10-25 25 October 1943	—	—
Wrona, GüntherGünther Wrona	Heer	Hauptmann of the Reserves	Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 176	01944-05-04 4 May 1944	—	—
Wuenneberg, AlfredAlfred Wünnenberg	Waffen-SS	SS-Standartenführer	Commander of SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 3	01941-11-15 15 November 1941	Awarded 91st Oak Leaves 23 April 1942
Wuenning, JoachimJoachim Wünning	Kriegsmarine	Korvettenkapitän	Commander of Minenschiff Drache	01944-10-22 22 October 1944	—	—
Wuensche, MaxMax Wünsche	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer	Commander of the I./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"	01943-02-28 28 February 1943	Awarded 548th Oak Leaves 11 August 1944
Wuerdemann, ErichErich Würdemann	Kriegsmarine	Kapitänleutnant	Commander of U-506	01943-03-14 14 March 1943	—	—
Wuerfel, OttoOtto Würfel	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"	01944-05-04 4 May 1944	—	—
Wuestenhagen, AlbrechtAlbrecht Wüstenhagen	Heer	Oberst	Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 129	01942-12-02 2 December 1942	—	—
Wuestenhagen, AlbrechtAlbrecht Wüstenhagen	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of a s.I.G. company in the fortress Küstrin	01945-04-14 14 April 1945	—	—
Wulf, HermannHermann Wulf	Heer	Oberleutnant	Chief of the 9./Infanterie-Regiment 76 (motorized)	01941-10-13 13 October 1941	Awarded 520th Oak Leaves 3 July 1944	—
Wulf, RudolfRudolf Wulf	Heer	Major	Leader of Infanterie-Regiment 422	01942-11-13 13 November 1942	Awarded 556th Oak Leaves 19 August 1944	—
Wulff, ErichErich Wulff	Kriegsmarine	Oberleutnant zur See	Commander of Vorpostenboot VP-18 in the 18. Vorpostenflottille	01944-04-24 24 April 1944	—	—
Wulff, ErichErich Wulff^{[Note 13]}	Waffen-SS	SS-Sturmbannführer	Ia (Operations officer) in the 15. Waffen-Grenadier-Division of the SS	01945-05-09 9 May 1945*	Killed in action 3 February 1945	—
Wulff, HermannHermann Wulff	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Platoon leader of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 333	01944-10-19 19 October 1944	—	—
Wulff, KarlKarl Wulff	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Observer in the 12.(H)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 13	01944-10-29 29 October 1944	—	—
Wunberger, Karl-HeinzKarl-Heinz Wunberger	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 96	01944-03-17 17 March 1944	—	—
Wunderlich, AchimAchim Wunderlich	Heer	Major	Commander of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 205	01944-12-31 31 December 1944	—	—
Wunderlich, FriedrichFriedrich Wunderlich	Kriegsmarine	Korvettenkapitän zur Verwendung	Chief of the 14. U-Jagd-Flottille	01942-12-03 3 December 1942	—	—
Wunn, HeinrichHeinrich Wunn	Heer	Leutnant of the Reserves	Leader of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 147	01944-06-11 11 June 1944	—	—
Wunram, HeinzHeinz Wunram	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Company troop leader in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 220	01944-01-05 5 January 1944	—	—
Wuppermann, SiegfriedSiegfried Wuppermann	Kriegsmarine	Oberleutnant zur See	Commander of Schnellboot S-56 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille	01941-08-03 3 August 1941	Awarded 226th Oak Leaves 14 April 1943	—
Wurdak, FranzFranz Wurdak	Heer	Feldwebel of the Reserves	Platoon leader in the 4./Pionier-Bataillon 137	01943-09-13 13 September 1943	—	—
Wurl, WalterWalter Wurl	Heer	Oberfeldwebel	Platoon leader in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 509	01945-02-18 18 February 1945	—	—
Wurmheller, JosefJosef Wurmheller	Luftwaffe	Oberfeldwebel	Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen"	01941-09-04 4 September 1941	Awarded 146th Oak Leaves 13 November 1942 108th Swords 24 October 1944
Wuthmann, RolfRolf Wuthmann	Heer	General der Artillerie	Commanding general of the IX. Armeekorps	01944-08-22 22 August 1944	—	—
Wutka, BernhardBernhard Wutka	Luftwaffe	Oberleutnant	Staffelkapitän of the 8./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"	01942-11-16 16 November 1942	—	—
Wutzel, OttoOtto Wutzel	Heer	Hauptmann	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 81^[19]	01945-04-14 14 April 1945	—	—
Wyczisk, GeorgGeorg Wyczisk	Heer	Obergefreiter	Gun leader in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 53^[19]	01942-09-02 2 September 1942	—	—

Notes

^ For an explanation of the various naming schemes used by the Luftwaffe, Heer, Kriegsmarine and Waffen-SS refer to nomenclature used by the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.
^ According to Scherzer on 27 August 1943.^[9]
^ According to Scherzer on 18 May 1943.^[10]
^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German National Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. The sequential number "150" was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Weidinger was member of the AKCR.^[11]
^ There is no reference of the Knight's Cross awarded to Werner Weidlig in the German National Archives. His personal file contains a letter from 1955 by the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt), indicating that no proof of the award exists. The date was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).^[11]
^ According to Fellgiebel as pilot in the 2./Nachtjagdgeschwader 11.^[13]
^ According to Scherzer on 7 March 1944.^[14]
^ According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Jagdgeschwader 54.^[15]
^ Generalfeldmarschall Erwin von Witzleben, in connection with the 20 July plot, the failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, was deprived of all honors, ranks and orders and dishonourably discharged from the Heer on 4 August 1944. The civilian von Witzleben was sentenced to death by the Volksgerichtshof on 8 August 1944.^[16]
^ Name may also be spelled Eberhard Wolf.
^ Name may also be spelled Hanns Wolff.
^ Name may also be spelled Alfred-Helmut.
^ The nomination by the troop is not documented. A file card indicates that it was received on 23 February 1945. SS-Obersturmbannführer Kment noted that he did return the Heinrich Himmler approved nomination on 29 April 1945 to the HPA/P5a (Army personnel office). Three copies for further processing were retained by the HPA but were left unfinished by the end of the war. Missing is the confirmation of the commander-in-chief of the 9. Armee and Army Group Vistula. The nomination did not receive a sequential number. The book "awarded Knight Crosses" does not list Erich Wulff. The nomination remained unfinished by the end of the war. The file card also contains a note "unfinished". A further file card can be found in the record for rejected or unfinished nominations. Mr Meentz of the German National Archive stated on 20 July 2004 that it cannot be verified that Wulff received the Knight's Cross.^[18]

References

Citations

^ Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 433–455, 509.
^ "Reichsgesetzblatt Teil I S. 1573; 1 September 1939" (in German) (PDF). ALEX Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Reichsministerium des Inneren (Ministry of the Interior). http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?apm=0&aid=dra&datum=19390007&zoom=2&seite=00001573&ues=on&x=21&y=6. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
^ "Reichsgesetzblatt Teil I S. 849; 3 June 1940" (in German) (PDF). ALEX Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Reichsministerium des Inneren (Ministry of the Interior). http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?apm=0&aid=dra&datum=19400007&zoom=2&seite=00000849&ues=on&x=22&y=10. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
^ "Reichsgesetzblatt Teil I S. 613; 28 September 1941" (in German) (PDF). ALEX Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Reichsministerium des Inneren (Ministry of the Interior). http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?apm=0&aid=dra&datum=19410007&zoom=2&seite=00000613&ues=on&x=14&y=9. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
^ "Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11; 29 December 1944" (in German) (PDF). ALEX Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. Reichsministerium des Inneren (Ministry of the Interior). http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno-plus?apm=0&aid=dra&datum=19450007&zoom=2&seite=00000011&ues=on&x=14&y=10. Retrieved 21 February 2008.
^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 112.
^ Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 49–51.
^ ^a ^b ^c Fellgiebel 2000, p. 433.
^ ^a ^b Scherzer 2007, p. 765.
^ ^a ^b Scherzer 2007, p. 767.
^ ^a ^b Scherzer 2007, p. 184.
^ Scherzer 2007, p. 777.
^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 441.
^ Scherzer 2007, p. 780.
^ Scherzer 2007, p. 780.
^ Scherzer 2007, p. 185.
^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 509.
^ Scherzer 2007, p. 186.
^ ^a ^b Fellgiebel 2000, p. 455.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 (in German). Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Further reading

Berger, Florian (1999). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges (in German). Vienna, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
Fraschka, Günther (1994). Knights of the Reich. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Military/Aviation History. ISBN 0-88740-580-0.

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