Date of birth:

December 10th, 1883 (Stuttgart, German Empire)

Date of death:

March 19th, 1956 (Stuttgart, Germany)

Nationality:

German

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Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Generalleutnant (Major-general)

Unit:

Commander 2. Panzer-Division

Awarded on:

June 3rd, 1940

The following wartime excerpt (dated 30.08.1940) describes why Veiel received the Knight’s Cross…

“Generalleutnant Rudolf Veiel broke through the Belgian border fortifications with his Panzer-Division and then forced a crossing over the Maas river north of Sedan. Thereafter his troops succeeding in breaking through to the Channel coastline in the direction of Boulogne under his outstanding personal leadership.”

• - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (2000)
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