Walter Weiß

Infobox Military Person
name=Walter Weiß
lived=5 September, 1890 – 21 December, 1967


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placeofbirth=Tilsit, East Prussia
placeofdeath=Aschaffenburg
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|German Empire German Empire (to 1918)
flagicon|Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
serviceyears=1908 - 1945
rank=Generaloberst
commands=26. Infanterie Division
Second Army
unit=
battles=World War I
World War II
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
laterwork=

Colonel-General Walter Weiß was a German army officer in World War II. He became Commander in Chief of Army Group North on the Eastern Front in 1945.

Walter Weiß joined the military service on 19 March 1908. In the beginning of World War II, during the Polish Campaign, Weiß was put in charge of I. Armee-Korps holding the position chief of the general staff. He was promoted to Generalmajor on 1 September. On 15 December 1940 he took command of the 97. leichten Division and on 15 January 1941 command of the 26.Infanterie-Division. 26.Infanterie-Division was subordinated to Heeresgruppe Mitte and participated in Operation Barbarossa. Promoted to Generalleutnant on 1 January 1942 and took command of the XXVII. Armeekorps on 1 July 1942. Again promoted on 1 September 1942, "General der Infanterie" Weiß led the 2. Armee on the Eastern front from 3 February 1943 on. He received command of Heeresgruppe Nord on 12 March 1945. He was held in American captivity until 1948.

1938 - 1939 Commanding Officer 1st Regiment
1939 - 1940 Chief of Staff I Corps
1940 - 1941 General Officer Commanding 97th Light Division
1941 - 1942 General Officer Commanding 26th Division
1942 - 1943 General Officer Commanding XXVII Corps
1943 - 1945 General Officer Commanding 2. Armee, Eastern Front
1945 Commander in Chief Army Group North, Eastern Front
1945 In reserve
1945 - 1948 Prisoner of War

References

*cite web|title=Lexikon der Wehrmacht|work=Walter Weiß|url=http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/W/WeissW.htm|accessdate=19 January|accessyear=2008
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.