1. Lieutenant General Freiherr Hans-Ulrich von Wietersheim
2. Reichswehr Service
3. - Promoted to Major in March 1940
4. - Awarded the Clasp to the Iron Cross 1st Class
5. - Commanded a rifle regiment in the 1st Panzer Division
6. 11th Panzer Division
7. - Promoted to Lieutenant General in July 1944
8. - Von Wietersheim managed to evade capture and remained at large

Lieutenant General Freiherr Hans-Ulrich von Wietersheim

Early Life and Military Career
Participant in World War I
- Enlisted as a volunteer in the German army during World War I
- Served as a cadet officer (Fähnrich)

- Awarded both classes of the Iron Cross and promoted to Lieutenant by war's end

Reichswehr Service

- Remained in service in the Reichswehr
- Served in the cavalry
World War II
Polish Campaign and France
- Transferred to the staff of the 3rd Panzer Division in 1938

- Participated in the Polish Campaign and awarded the Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class

- Promoted to Major in March 1940

- Commanded a motorcycle battalion in the 1st Panzer Division during the Battle of France

- Awarded the Clasp to the Iron Cross 1st Class

Operation Barbarossa
- Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in April 1941

- Participated in the German invasion of the Soviet Union from June 1941

- Commanded a rifle regiment in the 1st Panzer Division

- Fought in Belarus, Smolensk, and Vyazma
Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves
- Awarded the German Cross in Gold in December 1941
- Earned the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in February 1942
- Promoted to Colonel in April 1942

- Awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross (No. 176) in January 1943 for his actions at Rzhev

11th Panzer Division

- Commanded the 11th Panzer Division in Ukraine from August 1943
- Promoted to Major General in November 1943
Swords to the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves

- Awarded the Swords to the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves (No. 58) in March 1944

- Promoted to Lieutenant General in July 1944

Western Front and Capture
- 11th Panzer Division transferred to France in June 1944

- Remnants of his division surrendered to American forces on May 5, 1945

- Von Wietersheim managed to evade capture and remained at large

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