Utz, Willibald "Willi"
- Date of birth:
- January 20th, 1893 (Furth im Wald, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 20th, 1954 (Bad Reichenhall, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Promotions:
February 1st, 1944: Generalleutnant (RDA: -8-).
Career:
August 28th, 1939: Kommandeur, Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100;
February 10th, 1943: Führerreserve OKH;
Aprill 25th, 1943: mdFb 100. Jäger-Division;
July 1st, 1943: Kommandeur, 100. Jäger-Division;
January 1st, 1945: Führerreserve OKH.
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1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100, 5. Gebirgs-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- June 21st, 1941
"In the fighting around Lutra Oberst Utz (commander of Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 100) succeeded in forcing the surrender of the rest of the English (256 officers, 9,103 NCOs and men along with assorted equipment) through the use of an extremely skillful maneuver by his offensive group. He thus played a major role in ending the struggle for Crete. This was accomplished despite a numerical inferiority of 10 - 1. Even earlier than this, during the battle of the Metaxas Line, Utz distinguished himself in breaking through the fortifications around Keikaja, Sattelbunker and Arpaluki. With this completed he was then able to turn north and bring relief to the hard pressed Infanterie-Regiment 125 during the evening of the 08.04.1941."
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 7th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 31st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalleutnant (Major-general)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, 100. Jäger-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- March 22nd, 1945
Voenen Orden "Za Hrabrost" III stepen, 1 klas
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 11th, 1941
Sources
- Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1993.
- Vortragsnotiz, Ag P1 Chefgruppe, 2 Februar 1945.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum
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