{{Short description|Nazi German general}} __NOTOC__{{refimprove|date=April 2010}} {{Infobox military person |name=Walter Melzer |birth_date=7 October 1894 |death_date={{death date and age|1961|6|23|1894|10|7|df=y}} |birth_place= |death_place= |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= German Empire<br/>Weimar Republic<br/>Nazi Germany |branch=German Army |service_years= 1914–1945 |rank= ''General der Infanterie'' |commands=252nd Infantry Division<br/>XXIII Army Corps |unit= |battles={{tree list}} *World War I ---- *World War II **Invasion of Poland **Battle of Belgium **Battle of France **Battle of Dunkirk **Operation Barbarossa **Siege of Leningrad **Battle of Voronezh (1942) **Operation Bagration **Vilnius Offensive **Baltic Offensive (1944) **Battle of Memel **East Prussian Offensive {{tree list/end}} |awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |other_work= }}
'''Walter Melzer''' (7 October 1894 – 23 June 1961) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the XXIII corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
==Awards and decorations== * Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (9 August 1915) & 1st Class (10 March 1918)<ref name="Thomas p72">Thomas 1998, p. 72.</ref> * Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (16 September 1939) & 1st Class (3 October 1939)<ref name="Thomas p72"/> * German Cross in Gold on 11 February 1943 as ''Oberst'' in Grenadier-Regiment 694<ref>Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 303.</ref> * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ** Knight's Cross on 21 August 1941 as ''Oberst'' and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 151<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 252.</ref> **Oak Leaves on 23 August 1944 as ''Generalleutnant'' and commander of 252. Infanterie-Division<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 73.</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}}
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box |before=Generalleutnant Hans Schäfer |after=Generalleutnant Paul Drekmann |title=Commander of 252. Infanterie-Division |years=24 January 1943 - 12 October 1944 }} {{succession box |before=General der Pioniere Otto Tiemann |after=None |title=Commander of XXIII. Armeekorps |years=12 October 1944 - May 1945 }} {{s-end}}
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