Walter Gericke
German military officer
Died when: 83 years 300 days (1005 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Walter Gericke (23 December 1907 – 19 October 1991), was a German paratroop officer in the Luftwaffe 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.Gericke took part in the Battle of the Netherlands and the Battle of Crete as a Fallschirmjäger battalion commander.
He later commanded the Fallschirjäger-Regiment 11 (part of the 4.Fallschirmjäger-Division) and fought in the Battle of Anzio.Gericke joined the newly formed Bundeswehr after the rearmament of West Germany and as a Generalmajor led the 1.
Luftlande-Division from 1962 to 1965.In 1974, Gericke supported the establishment of a in Maleme which is the final resting place for 4.465 German soldiers who lost their lives on the island of Crete during WWII.
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