German Military Personnel That Served in WWII
Last Name Beginning With (V)
Updated 11/24/10
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Name Unit(s)/Ship(s) Resource #
Veiel, Rudolf 2nd Panzer Division 218
Veith, Richard 191st Reserve Division 650
Vennemann Propaganda Company 438
Verlohr, Wilhelm T-27 440
Versock, Kurt 24th Infantry Division 650
Viebig, Wilhelm 277th Infantry Division, 277th Volksgrenadier Division 557; 650
Vierow, Erwin 9th Infantry Division, 96th Infantry Division 650
Voelker, Kaspar 69th Infantry Division 650
Voelkers, Paul 78th Infantry Division 650
Vogl, Oskar 167th Infantry Division 650
Voichckovski Admiral Scheer 357
Voightmann 11th Panzer Division 298
Voigt, Wilhelm German Army 384
Volkmann, Hellmuth 94th Infantry Division 650
Vollmer, Gunther 3rd Company, 411th Grenadier Regiment, 122nd Inf. Div. 286
von Alberti, Konrad 246th Infantry Division 650
von Altrock, Wilhelm 379th Infantry Division 651
von Apell, Georg 9th Infantry Division 650
von Arlau, Ernst Pauer 7th Infantry Division 650
von Arnim, D. J. Army 893
von Arnim, Hans-Heinrich Sixt 113th Infantry Division,95th Infantry Division,113th
Infantry Division 240; 650
von Arnim, Hans-Joachim 5th Luftwaffe Field Division 651
von Arnim, Hans-Jurgen Afrika Korps, Fifth Panzer Army,52nd Infantry Division 269; 305; 382; 415; 540; 765; 839;650
von Baath, Hans-Gert 1st Cossack Cavalry Division 651
von Basse, Hans 30th Infantry Division 650
von Bassewitz-Levetzaw, Werner 2nd Marine Division 650
von Bauer, Ernst 402nd Training Division, 716th Infantry Division 651
von Bauer, Paul 189th Reserve Division 650
von Behr, Heinrich 173rd Reserve Division 650
von Behr, Heinrich 614th Special Purposes Division (Infantry Division "Jutland") 651
325th Infantry Division
von Below, Gerd-Paul 615th Special Purposes Division 651
von Beneckendorf, und von
Hindenburg, Oskar 401st Replacement Division, 422nd Landesschutzen Division 651
von Bentivegni, Franz-Eccard 81st Infantry Division 650
von Bercken, Werner 102nd Infantry Division 650
von Bercken, Werner 102nd Infantry Division 650
von Bercken, Werner 558th Volksgrenadier Division 651
von Berg, Kurt 556th Infantry Division 651
von Bessel, Arnold 709th Infantry Division 651
von Biedermann, Wolf 7th Luftwaffe Field Division 651
von Biegeleben, Arnold 6th Infantry Division 650
von Bischoffshausen, Lothar 4th Cavalry Brigade 651
von Bissing, Wilhelm-Moritz 76th Infantry Division 650
von Bock, Fedor Army Group South 241; 325; 503; 736
von Boeckmann, Herbert 11th Infantry Division 650
von Boehm Kampfgruppe Boehm 59
von Boehm-Bezing, Diether 153rd Field Training Division 650
von Boeselager, Georg 3rd Cavalry Division 651
von Bogen, Erich 302nd Infantry Division, 370th Infantry Division 56; 651
von Boineburg-Lengsfeld, Wilhelm 325th Security Division 651
von Boltenstern, Werner 402nd Replacement Division 651
von Bosse, Alexander 1st Cossack Cavalry Division 651
von Both, Hans-Kuno 21st Infantry Division 650
von Bluecher, Johann-Albrecht 61st Infantry Division, 96th Infantry Division, 122nd
Infantry Division
von Brandenburg, Ernst Luftwaffe 736
von Brauchitsch, Berndt Hermann Goring's Staff 178
von Brauchitsch, Walther Commanding General, German Army 272; 601; 736
von Brockdorff-Ahlenfeldt, Walter Graf II Corps; XXVIII Corps 286
von Brodowski, Fritz 404th Replacement Division, Field Replacement Division B 651
von Broich, Friedrich 10th Panzer Division 540
von Broich, Friedrich Division von Broich 651
von Buddenbrock, Jobst 212th Volksgrenadier Division 650
von Buelow, Werner 111th Infantry Division 650
von Buelow, Werner 336th Infantry Division 651
von Buenav, Rudolf 73rd Infantry Division 650
von Buttlar, Freiherr Edgar 11th Panzer Division 298
von Buttlar-Brandenfels German Army 384
von Choltitz, Dietrich German Army, Military Commander of Paris, 260th
Infantry Division 736; 831; 650
von Chappius, Friedrich-Wilhelm 15th Infantry Division 650
von Chaulin-Egersberg, Gaston 13th Flak Division 651
von der Chevallerie, Kurt 99th Jager Division, 7th Mountain Division 651
von Choltitz, Dietrich Army, Military Commander of Paris 651; 893
von Cochenhausen, Conrad 134th Infantry Division 650
von Collani, Ingo 218th Infantry Division 650
von Daniel, Alexander Freiherr Edler 376th Infantry Division 371
von Daniels, Alexander 6th Infantry Division 650
von de Chevallerie, Kurt 83rd Infantry Division 650
von de Leyen, Ludwig 12th Infantry Division 650
von dem Bach-Zelewski, Erich Chief of the Einsatzgruppen; Chief of Anti-Partisan Forces 55; 409
Von Der Heydte, Baron Friedrich 6th Fallschirmjager Regiment 197; 255; 384; 434; 557
Von Der Heydte, Baron Freiherr Army 893
von der Hoop, Adrian 613th Special Purposes Division 651
von der Lippe, Fritz 432nd Landesschutzen Division 651
von der Mosel Colonel, 2nd Parachute Division 651
von Dewitz von Krebs, Karl 191st Reserve Division 650
von Digeon von Monteton, Albrecht 342nd Infantry Division, 391st Field Training Division 651
von Diringshofen, Max 401st Replacement Division 651
von Ditfurth, Wolfgang 403rd Security Division, 403rd Landesschutzen Division 651
von Doehren, Georg 712th Infantry Division 651
von Drabich-Waecht3er, Viktor 326th Infantry Division 651
von Drebber, Moritz 297th Infantry Division 651
von Eckardstein, Baron 3rd Cavalry Division 651
von Eichstadt, Werner 294th Infantry Division, 387th Infantry Division 56; 651
von Erdmannsdorff, Gottfried 465th Replacement Division 651
von Fabrice, Eberhard 166th Reserve Division, 166th Infantry Division, 172nd
Reserve Division 650
von Falkenhorst, Nikolaus Commander-in-Chief, Norway 436
von Falkenstein, Hans 24th Infantry Division, 45th Infantry Division 650
von Falkenstein, Hans 707th Infantry Division 651
von Fassong, Horst III Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 11 353
von Finck, Baron 198th Infantry Division 650
von Foerster, Sigismund 97th Jager Division 651
von Fritsch, Werner Commander in Chief, German Army 390
von Gablenz, Eccard 389th Infantry Division 241
von Gablenz,, Eccard 7th Infantry Division, 32nd Infantry Division, 232nd 650
Infantry Division
von Gablenz, Eccard 384th Infantry Division, 404th Replacement Division 651
von Gersdorff, Gero 411th Landesschutzen Division 651
von Geyso, Eckkard 193rd Replacement Division 650
von Geyso, Eckkard 709th Infantry Division 651
von und zu Gilsa, Baron Werner 216th Infantry Divsion 650
von Gimborn, Hermann 177th Replacement Division aka (177th Mobilization 650
Division)
von Goeckel, Gunther Oflag XIIIB 432
von Gottberg, Wilhelm 21st Panzer Division 384
von Graevenitz, Hans 237th Infantry Division 650
von Graffen, Karl 58th Infantry Division 286; 650
von Greiffenberg, Hans Army 727
von Greim, Robert Ritter Luftwaffe 765
von der Groeben, Peter 3rd Cavalry Division 651
von Groddeck, Karl -Albrecht 11th Infantry Division, 161st Infantry Division 650
von Grolman, Helmuth 4th Cavalry Division 651
von Grolman, Wilhelm Leipzig Police Commander 200
von Gyldenfeldt, Heinz Army Group South 131
von Hadeln, Heinrich 429th Landesschutzen Division 651
von Hammerstein, Curt XIII Corps 527
von Hammerstein-Equord, Guenther 460th Landesschutzen Division, 526th Frontier Guard 651
von Hartmann, Alexander 6th Infantry Division 650
von Hartmann, Alexander 71st Infantry Division 241
von Hase, Paul 46th Infantry Division, 52nd Infantry Division 650
von Haydringen, Josef Brauner 42nd Jager Division 651
von Hengl, Georg 2nd Mountain Division 651
von Henning, Wilhelm Volunteer Cadre Division (Freiwilligen-Stamms-Division) 651
19th Army Security Division, Volunteer Depot Division
von Heulsen, Botho 62nd Infantry Division 650
von, Heygendorff, Ralph 162nd Infantry Division 650
von Heyking, Rudiger 6th Parachute Division, 6th Luftwaffe Field Division 651
von Hildebrandt, Hans 21st Panzer Division 540
von Hippel, Walter 3rd Flak Division, 25th Flak Division, 27th Flak Division 651
von Hirschberg, Anton 441st Landesschutzen Division, 554th Infantry Division 651
von Hirschfield, Hans (Harald?) 78th Volksgrenadier Division 650
von Hoesslin, Wilhelm 188th Reserve Mountain Division, 188th Mountain Division 651
von Hofacker, Caesar German Army 414
von Hoffman, Helmut 3rd Parachute Regiment Division 651
von Hofmann, Helmut 9th Parachute Regiment 557
von Hofmann, Karl-Heinz 10th Parachute Division
von Hobe, Cord 79th Volksgrenadier Division 650
von Holtey, Friedrich Wilhelm 3rd Cavalry Division 651
von Horn, Hans-Joachim 198th Infantry Division 650
von Huelsen, Botho 370th Infantry Division, 5th Luftwaffe Division 651
von Hundersdorf, Walther 6th Panzer Division 446
von Hutten, Ulrich Infantry Division Ulrich von Hutten (3rd RAD Division) 651
von Keiser, Erich 402nd Landesschutzen Division 651
von Kempski, Hans 199th Infantry Division 650
von Kiliani, Emmanuel 253rd Infantry Division, 320th Volksgrenadier Division, 650; 651
545th Volksgrenadier
von Kirchbach, Harry 214th Infantry Division 650
von Kistowski, Werner Flak Assault Regiment 1 384
von Kleist, Adolf Field Replacement Division A 651
von Kleist, Paul L. Ewald Panzer Group 1; Panzer Group Kleist; Army Group A 266; 477; 527; 736
von Kluge, Gunther Army Group B; Army Group Center; OKW 177; 234; 315; 375; 382; 409; 414; 446; 524; 664;
736; 831; 727
von Kluge, Hans Army 893
von Kluge, Wolfgang 226th Infantry Division 650
von Kluge, Wolfgang 292nd Infantry Division, 357th Infantry Division 651
von Knobelsdorff, Otto XLVIII Panzer Corps 446
von Koolwijk, Wilhelm 9th Flak Division 651
von Kortzfleisch, Joachim 1st Infantry Division 650
von Krempler, Karl German Army 46
von Kropff, Helmuth 399th Infantry Division, 421st Landesschutzen Division 651
von Krosigk, Ernst-Anton 24th Infantry Division, 1st Infantry Division 650
von Kuechler, Georg Eighteenth Army; Army Group North 286; 342; 355; 581; 736; 651
von Kurowski, Eberhard 110th Infantry Division 650
von Lachemair, Otto 16th Luftwaffe Field Division 651
von Langerman und Erlenkamp, 410th Landesschutzen Division, Division z.b.v. 410 651
Willibold
von Larisch, Heribert 78th Volksgrenadier Division, 129th Infantry Division 650
von Lauchert, Meinrad 352nd Infantry Division; 2nd Panzer Division 59; 88; 557
von Le Suire, Karl 46th Infantry Division, 117th Jager Division 650; 651
von Leeb, Wilhelm Ritter Army Group North 286; 342; 581; 736
von Leyser, Ernst 269th Infantry Division 650
von Liebenstein, Kurt Afrika Panzergrenadier Regiment, 164th Light Afrika 540; 651
Division
von Loeper, Friedrich Wilhelm 81st Infantry Division, Infantry Division Friedrich Ludwig 650; 651
Jahn (2nd RAD Division)
von Louisenthal, La Salle 92nd Infantry Division 650
von Luck, Hans Kampfgruppe Luck, 21st Panzer Division 234; 281; 401; 845
von Ludwig, Kurt 1st Flak Division, 28th Flak Division 651
von Ludwiger, Hartwig 704th Infantry Division, 104th Jager Division 651
von Luettwitz, Smilo Ninth Army 651
von Luetzow, Kurt-Juergen 12th Infantry Division 650
von Luffwitz, Heinrich Freiherr XLVII Corps 727
von Lungerhausen, Karl-Hans Division Sardinia 651
von Luttwitz, Heinrich Freiherr XLVII Panzer Corps 59; 88; 534; 557
von Machenheim von Bechtoldsheim, 257th Infantry Division 650
Anton Reichard
von Mackensen, August German Army 477
von Mackensen, Eberhard Fourteenth Army; III Panzer Corps 51; 241; 503; 629; 839
von Manstein, Erich Eleventh Army; First Panzer Army; Army Group South 111; 160; 177; 233; 272; 294; 325; 446; 503; 527; 554;
601; 762
von Manstein, Erich Field Marshal; Army Group South 650; 651
von Manteuffel, Guenther 1st Ski Jager Division 651
von Manteuffel, Hasso Eccard Fifth Panzer Army, Division von Manteuffel 59; 87; 88; 344; 351; 382; 470; 534; 557; 651; 765; 727
von Massenbach, Freiherr Group Sauer 286
von Mauchenheim gennant 707th Infantry Division 651
Bechtolsheim, Gustav
von Mellenthin, Friedrich W. XLVIII Panzer Corps, General Staff 446; 650
von Molo, Josef Alois 444th Security Division 651
von Monteton, Albrecht Digeon 52nd Security Division, 206th Infantry Division 650
von Muehlen, Kurt 559th Grenadier Division, 559th Volksgrenadier Division 651
von Nagy, Emmerich 538th Frontier Guard Division 651
von Neidermayer, Oscar Ritter 162nd Infantry Division 650
von Neindorff, Egon 6th Infantry Division, 137th Infantry Division, 650; 651
Divisiongruppe 137, Corps Detachment E, 216th Infantry
Division, 189th Reserve Division, 356th Infantry Division
von Neumann, Friedrich-Wilhelm 340th Infantry Division, 712th Infantry Division 651
von Nordenskjoeld, Alex 4th Cavalry Brigade 651
von Obernitz, Justin 24th Infantry Division, 190th Infantry Division, 293rd 650; 651
Infantry Division
von Obstfelder, Hans LXXXVI Corps; XXIX Corps; Seventh Army, 28th 234; 241; 281; 538; 651
Infantry Division
von Oppeln-Bronikowski, Hermann 21st Panzer Division 371; 384
von Oppen, Rudolf 338th Infantry Division, 352nd Volksgrenadier Division 651
805th Replacement Division (Division NR. 805)
von Oriola, Ralph 72nd Infantry Division, 299th Infantry Division 650; 651
von Oven, Karl 56th Infantry Division, 393rd Infantry Division 650; 651
von Pampel Pamberg, Bernhard Corps Detachment D, 230th Infantry Division (Coastal 650
Defense)
von Pampel Papenav, Bernhard 71st Infantry Division 650
von Pannwitz, Helmuth German Army, 1st Cossack Cavalry Division 46; 651
von Plotho, Wolfgang 269th Infantry Division, 285th Security Division 650
von Pohl, E. R. Luftwaffe 765
von Poncet, Hans Leipzig Military Commander 200
von Porschinger, Joachim Ritter Panzer Lehr Division 557
von Puttkamer, Alfred 408th Replacement Division 651
von Puttkamer, Karl Jesko Adolf Hitler's Staff 384
von Raesfeld, Werner 102nd Infantry Division 650
von Rantzav, Heino 2nd Flak Division 651
von Rappard, Fritz-Georg 7th Infantry Division, 83rd Infantry Division 650
von Reibnitz, Leopold 151st Reserve Division 650
von Reichenau, Walther Sixth Army, 10th Army-Army Group South 263; 736
von Reichenau, Walther German Army, Field Marshal 650
von Reinerdorff-Paczensky und
Tenczin, Dietrich 711th Infantry Division 651
von Rekowski, Siegfried 76th Infantry Division, 106th Infantry Division, 156th 650
Field Training Division, 156th Infantry Division
von Renz, Otto-Wilhelm 4th Flak Division 651
von Reuss, Richard-Heinrich 62nd Infantry Division 650
von Ribbentrop, Rudolf 1st SS Panzer Division 446
von Richtofen, Wolfram VIII Fliegerkorps; Commander Luftwaffe, southern Russia 241; 325; 503; 736; 765
von Rittberg, Georg 88th Infantry Division 650
von Robenau, Friedrich 73rd Infantry Division 650
von Roden, Emmo 286th Security Division 650
von Rohr, Hanns (Hans) 715th Infantry Division, 5th Jager Division 158; 651
von Roman, Rudolf 35th Infantry Division 650
von Roques, Franz 177th Replacement Division 650
von Roques, Karl 143rd Replacement Division 650
von Rosen, Richard Freiherr 3rd Company, 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion 234; 281
von Rost, Hans-Guenther 44th Infantry Division 650
von Rothkirch und Trach, Erwin 330th Infantry Division 651
von Rundstedt, Gerd Army Group A; Army Group South; OB West 59; 97; 268; 272; 325; 375; 382; 384; 414; 524; 534; 557;
578; 601; 736; 765; 650
von Saldern, Sylvester 356th Infantry Division 651
von Salmuth, Hans Seventeenth Army 241; 384
von Saur, Otto 407th Replacement Division 651
von Schacky und Schonfeld, 165th Reserve Division, 413th Replacement Division 650; 651
Sigmund
von Scheele, Hans-Karl 208th Infantry Division 650
von Schellwitz, Friedrich 23rd Infantry Division, 305th Infantry Division 650; 651
von Schlebruegge, Colonel, 1st Ski Jager Division 651
von Schleicher, Kurt German Army 736
von Schleinitz, Siegmund 9th Infantry Division, 361st Infantry Division, 402nd 650; 651
Replacement Division
von Schleinitz, Joachim 96th Infantry Division 650
von Schlieben, Carl Wilhelm German Army 419
von Schlieben, Karl-Wilhelm 208th Infantry Division, 709th Infantry Division 650; 651
von Schmettow, Rudolf 319th Infantry Division 651
von Scholtz, Fritz 11th SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Division 355
von Schramm, Wilhelm German Army 384
von Schuckman, Eberhard 71st Infantry Division, 352nd Infantry Division, 352nd 650; 651
Volksgrenadier Division, 385th Infantry Division
von Schultz, Hans-Joachim 2nd Cossack Cavalry Division 651
von Schweinitz, Viktor Army Group C 289
von Schweppenburg, Leo Frieherr Geyr Panzer Group West 403; 415; 845
von Schwerin, Lt. General, 617th Special Purposes Division 651
von Schwerin, Bogislav 207th Security Division, 221st Security Division, 442nd 650; 651
Landesschutzen Division
von Schwerin, Gerhard 254th Infantry Division, 8th Infantry Division 650; 651
von Schwerin, Gerhard Graf 8th Jager Division 286
Von Schwerin, Manfred 431st Landesschutzen Division 651
von Schwerin, Richard 79th Infantry Division, 189th Reserve Division 241; 650
von Scotti, Friedrich 227th Infantry Division 650
von Seeckt, Hans German Army 736; 765
von Senger und Etterlin, Fridolin XIV Panzer Corps 292; 594; 629; 765; 831
von Seydlitz, Walter Sixth Army 294; 595
von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Walter LI Corps, 12th Infantry Division 241; 286; 650
von Siegroth, Joachim 712th Infantry Division 651
von Sodenstern, Georg Nineteenth Army 403
von Sommerfeld, Hans 306th Infantry Division, 462nd Volksgrenadier Division, 651
526th Frontier Guard Division
von Sponeck, Hans 22nd Air Landing Division 650
von Stauffenberg, Claus Count Schenk German Army 268; 414
von Stockhausen, Wilhelm-Hunold 281st Security Division 286
von Stachwitz, Mauritz (St(r)achwitz 87th Infantry Division 650
von Stauffenberg, Claus Home Army 650
von Stein, Johann 431st Landesschutzen 651
von Stockhausen, Wilhelm-Hunold 281st Security Division 650
von Stolzmann, Hans-Joachim 31st Infantry Division, 31st Grenadier Division, 31st 650
Volksgrenadier Division
von Studnitz, Bogislav 87th Infantry Division 650
von Stulpnagel, Carl Heinrich Military Governor of France 414
von Stumme, Georg Afrika Korps 765
von Stumpfeld, Hans-Joachim 6th Infantry Division 650
von Templehof, Hans George Army Group B 384
von Tettau, Hans 24th Infantry Division, 604th Special Purposes Division 650; 651
von Thadden, Henning 1st Infantry Division 650
von Tiedemann, Karl 207th Infantry Division, 207th Security Division 650
von Tippleskirch, Kurt 30th Infantry Division; Twenty-first Army Group 286; 316; 482; 650
von Treschow, Joachim 328th Infantry Division, 18th Luftwaffe Field Division 651
von Tschudi, Rudolf 333rd Infantry Division, 464th Replacement Division 651
von Uckermann, Horst 160th Reserve Division, 218th Infantry Division; 469th 650; 651
Special Administrative Division Staff
von Unger, Friedrich 196th Infantry Division 650
von Unold, Georg 252nd Infantry Division 650
von Vaerst, Gustav Fifth Panzer Army 540
von Varendorff, Amelung U-47; U-213 67; 592
von Viebahn, Max 257th Infantry Division 650
von Vietinghoff, Heinrich General, Tenth Army 51; 158; 594; 765; 785; 651
von Vietinghoff-Scheel, Heinrich Army Group North; Army Group C 4; 289
von Vormann, Nikolaus XLVI Panzer Corps; XLVII Panzer Corps; Ninth Army 55; 294
von Wachter, Friedrich-Karl 159th Reserve Division, 225th Infantry Division, 227th 650
Infantry Division, 267th Infantry Division
von Wagner, Herbert 24th Infantry Division 650
von Waldau, Hoffman Luftwaffe 765
von Waldenburg, Siegfried 116th Panzer Division 557
von Waldow, Ulrich 141st Reserve Division 650
von Wartenberg, Bodo Volunteer Cadre Division 651
von Wedel, Hermann 10th Luftwaffe Field Division 355; 651
von Weichs, Maximillian Freiherr Second Army; Army Group B 371; 503
von Weikersthel, Walther Fischer 35th Infantry Division 650
von Wenk, Richard zu und 461st Replacement Division 651
von Werra, Franz Luftwaffe 400
von Westernhagen, Hein 501st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion, 1st SS Panzer Division 250
von Westphalen 24th Regiment Danmark, 11sth SS Panzergrenadier Div. 355
von Wickede, Thomas-Emil 30th Infantry Division 650
von Wickende, Thomas-Emil 30th Infantry Division 286
von Wietersheim, Wendt 11th Panzer Division; LI Panzer Corps 40; 267; 298; 382; 831
von Wild, Wolfgang Air Command South 325
von Witzleben, Erwin German Army 736
von Witzleben, Hermann 3rd Marine Division, 243rd Infantry Division, Division 650; 651
NR. 905
von Wrede, Theodor Freiherr 290th Infantry Division 286; 650
von Zangen, Gustav Army Group von Zangen 292
von Zangen, Gustav-Adolf 17th Infantry Divison 650
von Ziehlberg, Gustav Heistermann 65th Infantry Division 650
von Zuelow, Alexander 83rd Infantry Division 650
