Wilhelm Crisolli

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Wilhelm Crisolli
Born	20 January 1895 Berlin
Died	12 September 1944(1944-09-12) (aged 49) Pistoia, Italy
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1914–1944
Rank	Generalleutnant (Posthumously)
Commands held	13. Panzer-Division 16. Infanterie-Division (mot.) 333. Infanterie-Division 6. Panzer-Division 20. Luftwaffen-Sturm-Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II Annexation of the Sudetenland Invasion of Poland Battle of France Invasion of Yugoslavia Operation Barbarossa Siege of Leningrad Battle of the Caucasus Battle of Kursk Italian Campaign Gothic Line Offensive †
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Wilhelm Crisolli (20 January 1895 – 12 September 1944) was a German general and member of the Nazi Party in World War II. He was Commander of 13. Panzer-Division, of 16. Infanterie-Division (mot.), of 333. Infanterie-Division, of 6. Panzer-Division and of 20. Luftwaffen-Sturm-Division.

Family

Wilhelm Crisolli was son of a Italian noble family. His father was Giuseppe Fulvio Pio, Conte Crisolli, and his mother, donna Maria Francesca Aganetti, of a burgher banking family of the North of Italy, in Venetia, Lombardy and Piedmont.

Military career

Wilhelm Crisolli was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Wilhelm Crisolli was killed 12 September 1944, by Italian partisans. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of Generalleutnant.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Sudetenland Medal
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (26 September 1939)^[1]
- 1st Class (8 October 1939)^[1]
Panzer Badge
Eastern Front Medal
Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 July 1941 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Schützen-Regiment 8^[2]

References

Citations

↑ 1.0 1.1 Thomas and Wegmann 1998, p. 106.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 132.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtsteile [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.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die 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 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
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.

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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

v t e 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

Panzerkampfgruppe "Friebe"	Werner Friebe

8. Schützen-Brigade	Walter Neumann-Silkow

Panzer-Regiment 10	Erich Fronhöfer Werner Mahn Hellmuth Schmidt Kurt Schönfeld Friedrich Sieberg

Panzer-Abteilung 67	Alexander von Arentschildt Gerhard Wendenburg

Schützen-/Panzergrenadier-Regiment 8	Wolfgang Bohn Wilhelm Crisolli Jürgen von Flotow Hans Freiherr von Wolff² (Oak Leaves)

Panzergrenadier-Regiment 98 (attached since 1 December 1944)	Kurt Schwarm Sven von Stauss

Schützen-/Panzergrenadier-Regiment 28	Ewald Jannes Hans Freiherr von Wolff² (Oak Leaves)

Panzerartillerie-Regiment 80	Hans Klotzsche

Kradschützen-Bataillon 8	Gerhard Etzold

Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 8 (attached since 1 April 1943)	Walter Böhm Franz Greck Hermann Kloos Berndt von Mitzlaff Hans-Joachim Sell

Panzerpionier-Bataillon 59	Hellmuth Hallauer Heinz Schneider

¹ Oak Leaves with XXIX. Armeekorps. ² Knight's with Schützen-Regiment 8, Oak Leaves with the Schützen-Regiment 28.

Authority control	VIAF: 35559710

Persondata
Name	Crisolli, Wilhelm
Alternative names
Short description	German General and Knight's Cross recipient
Date of birth	20 January 1895
Place of birth	Berlin, Germany
Date of death	12 September 1944
Place of death	Modena, Italy

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