Wolfgang Pickert

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Nazi general (1897–1984)

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FieldValue
nameWolfgang Pickert
birth_date3 February 1897
death_date
birth_placePosen, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
death_placeWeinheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
allegianceGerman Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
branchPrussian Army
Freikorps
Reichswehr
Heer
Luftwaffe
serviceyears1914–1945
rankGeneral der Flakartillerie
commands9th Flak-Division
III Flak Corps
battlesWorld War I
World War II
awardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
relations∞ 1928 Dorothea Behrends; 3 children
laterworkAuthor
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Wolfgang Friedrich Wilhelm Siegfried Pickert (3 February 1897 – 19 July 1984) was a general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the III Flak Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

On 22/23 January 1943, Pickert, at the time commanding the 9th Flak Division, was flown out of the Stalingrad encirclement avoiding capture; he attempted to return to his men in Stalingrad but was disallowed from doing so.

After the war, having been a British POW until 5 January 1948, General (Ret.) Pickert contributed to historical analyses, including eyewitness accounts of the Stalingrad airlift published in military journals. He also wrote three books between 1942 and 1955.

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  • {{Cite book |last=Fellgiebel |first=Walther-Peer |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel |year=2000 |orig-date=1986 |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile |trans-title=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 |language=German |location=Friedberg, Germany |publisher=Podzun-Pallas |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
  • {{Cite book |last1=Patzwall |first1=Klaus D. |last2=Scherzer |first2=Veit |year=2001 |title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II |trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2 |language=German |location=Norderstedt, Germany |publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall |isbn=978-3-931533-45-8
  • {{Cite book |last=Scherzer |first=Veit |year=2007 |title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives |trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives |language=German |location=Jena, Germany |publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-938845-17-2
  • {{Cite book |last=Thomas |first=Franz |year=1998 |title=Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z |trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z |language=German |location=Osnabrück, Germany |publisher=Biblio-Verlag |isbn=978-3-7648-2300-9

| before = General der Flakartillerie Otto-Wilhelm von Renz | after = Generalleutnant Adolf Pirmann | title = Commander of 9th Flak-Division | years = 25 June 1942 - May 1944 | before = Generalleutnant Johannes Hintz | after = Oberst Werner von Kistowski | title = Commander of III. Flakkorps | years = 14 May 1944 - 20 July 1944 | before = Oberst Werner von Kistowski | after = Generalleutnant Heino von Rantzau | title = Commander of III. Flakkorps | years = 2 August 1944 - 20 March 1945

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References

  1. (2015). "With Paulus at Stalingrad". Pen and Sword Books Ltd..
  2. Thomas 1998, p. 156.
  3. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 351.
  4. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 276.
  5. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 71.

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