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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Falley, Wilhelm |
| Date of birth: | September 25th, 1897 (Metz/Lorraine, Germany)
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| Date of death: |
June 6th, 1944 (Chateau de Bernaville-Picauville/Normandy, France)
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German War Cemetery Orglandes |
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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.
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INFANTERIE-STURMABZEICHEN
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Oberstleutnant
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Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 4 / 32.Infanterie-Division
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August 26th, 1941
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| Picture source: |
- Gareth Collins
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| Information source(s): |
- 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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