Oskar Munzel

Oskar Munzel (13 March 1899 – 1 January 1992) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II and in the Bundeswehr of West Germany who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. After the war, he served as a military advisor in Egypt, and then he joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired in 1962. Munzel then acted as the Chief Advisor of Ming-teh-Gruppe (German Military Advisory Group) in Taiwan for the Republic of China Armed Forces before returning to Germany.^[1][2]

Oskar Munzel
Born	13 March 1899 Grimmen, German Empire
Died	1 January 1992(1992-01-01) (aged 92) Bad Godesberg, Bonn, Germany
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany  West Germany
Service / branch	Army
Years of service	1917–45 1956–62
Rank	Generalmajor (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)
Commands	14th Panzer Division 2nd Panzer Division
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 October 1944 as Oberst and commander of 14. Panzer-Division^[3]
• Federal Cross of Merit^{[citation needed]}

References

Citations

1. Hoover Institution 2013.
2. Wang 2007.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 262.

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• "Chiang Kai-shek's Secret Military Advisers Unveiled". Stanford, California: Hoover Institution. 2013.
• Wang, Yue-che (2007). German Military Advisors in Taiwan 1963-1975 (明德專案 : 德國軍事顧問在台工作史實) (in Chinese). Taipei, Taiwan: Transoxania Publishing Corp. ISBN 9789574146543.

Military offices
Preceded by Generalleutnant Martin Unrein	Commander of 14. Panzer-Division 5 September 1944 – 1 December 1944	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Martin Unrein
Preceded by Generalmajor Meinrad von Lauchert	Commander of 2. Panzer-Division 20 March 1945 – 3 April 1945	Succeeded by Major i.G. Waldemar von Gazen