Werner Ebeling

{{Short description|Nazi officer (1913–2008)}} __NOTOC__ {{Infobox military person |name= Werner Ebeling |birth_date={{birth date|1913|11|21|df=y}} |death_date={{death date and age|2008|08|25|1913|11|21|df=y}} |birth_place= |death_place= |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}} <br/>{{flag|West Germany}} |branch=Army |service_years=1935–45<br/>1956–70 |rank=Oberst (Wehrmacht)<br/>Generalmajor (Bundeswehr) |commands=11th Panzergrenadier Division |unit= |battles=World War II  |awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |other_work= }}

'''Werner Hermann Karl Ebeling''' (21 November 1913 – 25 August 2008) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II and a general in the Bundeswehr of West Germany. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. He commanded the 11 Panzergrenadier Division of the Bundeswehr from 15 January 1968 to 30 September 1970.

==Awards and decorations== * Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (14 June 1940) & 1st Class (5 September 1941)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p127">Thomas & Wegmann 2000, p. 127.</ref> * Wound Badge in Black (18 March 1944)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p127"/> * Infantry Assault Badge (13 November 1941)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p127"/> * Eastern Front Medal (31 July 1942)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p127"/> * Close Combat Clasp in Bronze (25 February 1944)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p127"/> * Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (27 December 1943)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p127"/> * German Cross in Gold on 11 March 1943 as ''Oberleutnant'' in Grenadier-Regiment 220<ref>Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 95.</ref> * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ** Knight's Cross on 9 April 1944 as ''Major'' and commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 220<ref name="Scherzer p285">Scherzer 2007, p. 285.</ref> ** Oak Leaves on 5 March 1945 as ''Oberst'' and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 154<ref name="Scherzer p285"/> * Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (22 July 1970)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p127"/>

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===Bibliography=== {{refbegin}} * {{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=Scherzer |first=Veit |year=2007 |title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives |trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives |language=German |location=Jena, Germany |publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-938845-17-2 }} * {{Cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Franz |last2=Wegmann |first2=Günter |year=2000 |title=Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 5: Dr–Em |trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 5: Dr–Em |language=German |location=Osnabrück, Germany |publisher=Biblio-Verlag |isbn=978-3-7648-2575-1 }} {{refend}}

{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box | before = Oberst Hasso Neitzel | after = Oberst Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt | title = Commander of Panzergrenadierbrigade 16 (Bundeswehr) | years = 16 July 1963 – 31 October 1965}} {{succession box | before = Generalmajor Otto Uechtritz | after = Generalmajor Hans-Heinrich Klein | title = Commander of 11th Panzergrenadier Division (Bundeswehr) | years = 15 January 1968 – 30 September 1970}} {{s-end}}

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