__NOTOC__{{Infobox military person |name=Wilhelm Thomas |birth_date={{birth date|1892|10|8|df=y}} |death_date={{death date and age|1976|8|24|1892|10|8|df=y}} |birth_place=<!---- Minden |death_place= Hameln ----> |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance=<!--- {{flag|German Empire}} (to 1918)<br/>{{flag|Weimar Republic}} (to 1933)<br/> --->{{flag|Nazi Germany}} |branch=Army (Wehrmacht) |service_years= 1912–1945 |rank=''Generalleutnant'' |commands=321st Infantry Division<br/>203rd Infantry Division<br/>286th Infantry Division |unit= |battles=<!---- World War I ---- ----> World War II <!---- *Invasion of Poland *Battle of France *Operation Barbarossa *Battle of Smolensk (1941) *Battle of Moscow ----> |awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |other_work= }}
'''Wilhelm Thomas''' (8 October 1892 – 24 August 1976) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
==Awards and decorations== <!---- * Iron Cross (1914) ** 2nd Class ** 1st Class * Iron Cross (1939) ** 2nd Class ** 1st Class ---> * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 13 October 1941 as ''Oberst'' and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 71<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 342.</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 }} {{refend}} {{Knight's Cross recipients of the 29th ID}} {{Authority control}} {{Subject bar | portal1=Biography }}
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