__NOTOC__{{Infobox military person |name=Ernst Wellmann |birth_date={{Birth date|1904|1|14|df=y}} |death_date={{death date and age|1970|7|17|1904|1|14|df=y}} |birth_place= Szamotuły Samter |death_place= |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}} <br/>{{flag|West Germany}} |branch={{army|GER}} |service_years=1935–45<br/>1956–60 |rank=Oberst (Wehrmacht) <br/>Brigadegeneral (Bundeswehr) |commands=Panzer Division Holstein |unit= |battles=World War II <!--- *Annexation of the Sudetenland *Invasion of Poland *Battle of France *Operation Barbarossa *Battle of Białystok–Minsk *Battle of Smolensk (1941) *Battle of Kiev (1941) *Battle of Moscow *Second Battle of Kharkov *Battle of the Caucasus *Battle of Kursk *Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation *Lower Dnieper Offensive *Cherkassy Pocket ---> |awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |other_work=Police officer }}
'''Ernst Wellmann''' (14 January 1904 – 17 July 1970) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
==Awards and decorations== <!-- * Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle Bar * Wound Badge (1939) ** in Black * Infantry Assault Badge * Eastern Front Medal ---> * Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (20 September 1939) & 1st Class (21 October 1939)<ref name="Thomas p433">Thomas 1998, p. 433.</ref> * German Cross in Gold on 8 June 1942 as ''Major'' in the I./Schützen-Regiment 3<ref>Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 505.</ref> * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ** Knight's Cross on 2 September 1942 as ''Oberstleutnant'' and commander of I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 358.</ref> ** 342nd Oak Leaves on 30 November 1943 as ''Oberstleutnant'' and commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 65.</ref>
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===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite book |last=Fellgiebel |first=Walther-Peer |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |year=2000 |orig-date=1986 |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |trans-title=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 |language=German |location=Friedberg, Germany |publisher=Podzun-Pallas |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6 }} * {{Cite book |last1=Patzwall |first1=Klaus D. |last2=Scherzer |first2=Veit |year=2001 |title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II |trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 |language=German |location=Norderstedt, Germany |publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall |isbn=978-3-931533-45-8 }} * {{Cite book |last=Thomas |first=Franz |year=1998 |title=Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z |trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z |language=German |location=Osnabrück, Germany |publisher=Biblio-Verlag |isbn=978-3-7648-2300-9 }} {{refend}}
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