Falley, Wilhelm
- Date of birth:
- September 25th, 1897 (Metz/Lorraine, Germany)
- Date of death:
- June 6th, 1944 (Chateau de Bernaville-Picauville/Normandy, France)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Orglandes
Plot: 10. Row: 2. Grave: 207. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
Generalleutnant Wilhelm Falley was commanding the 91.Luftlande-Infanterie-Division when he was ambushed by American paratroopers and was killed near his headquarters at Chateau de Bernaville, Picauville in Normandy.
07.08.1915: Leutnant der Reserve
26.01.1919: Leutnant
31.07.1925: Oberleutnant
01.03.1932: Hauptmann
01.04.1936: Major
01.08.1939: Oberstleutnant
01.02.1942: Oberst
01.12.1943: Generalmajor
01.05.1944: Generalleutnant
01.07.1933-01.10.1934: Commander of 5th Company, 5th Infantry Regiment
15.10.1935-06.10.1936: Commander of 18th Company, 5th Infantry Regiment
26.08.1939-13.01.1940: Commander of 3d Battalion, 238th Infantry Regiment
13.01.1940-21.04.1941: Commander of 3d Battalion, 433rd Infantry Regiment
21.04.1941-19.06.1942: Commander of 4th Infantry Regiment
01.08.1942-10.06.1943: Commandant of School V for Infantry Fahnenjunker, Döberitz then Posen
12.09.1943-01.10.1943: Temporary-Commander of 36th Infantry Division
01.10.1943-05.10.1943: Commander of 330th Infantry Division
05.10.1943-01.12.1943: Temporary-Commander of 246th Infantry Division
01.12.1943-20.04.1944: Commander of 246th Infantry-Division
25.04.1944-06.06.1944: Commander of 91st Infantry-Air-Landing-Division
06.06.1944: KIA in Chateau de Bernaville near Picauville, Normandy
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1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, II.Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 433,164.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- July 26th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 4, 32.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- June 23rd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 4, 32.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- August 26th, 1941
Silver version.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 4, 32.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- November 26th, 1941
“The Infanterie-Regiment 4 attacked the strong enemy positions that were bitterly defended by their occupants. After a hard man to man fight the enemy was crushed, and a powerful thrust into the depths of the fortifications rendered any further resistance untenable. Oberstleutnant Falley led his brave Regiment at the head of the assaulting Bataillone and secured the ultimate victory in this difficult and costly battle. The swift breakthrough of the fortifications along the Sarjanka was of decisive importance for the continuation of friendly operations.”
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 12th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Generalmajor (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, 246.Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- January 20th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 19th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 15th, 1915
Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 29th, 1918
Voenen Orden "Za Hrabrost" III stepen, 2 klas
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- March 20th, 1942
Sources
- Photo 1: Gareth Collins
- - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf, 2003.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Axis Biographical Research
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