Wilhelm Anhalt

Infobox Military Person
name=Wilhelm Anhalt
born=birth date|1917|3|28|df=y
died=dda|1979|5|13|1917|3|28|df=y
placeofbirth=Berlin
placeofdeath=Huntsville, Ontario


caption=
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (to 1945)
flagicon|West Germany West Germany
branch=navy|Nazi Germany
navy|West Germany
serviceyears=1938–1945, 1956–1973
rank=Kapitänleutnant (Wehrmacht)
Fregattenkapitän (Bundeswehr)
commands=Räumboot "R 38"
4. Räumbootflottille
unit=
battles=World War II
*Operation Weserübung
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Cross of Merit on ribbon
laterwork=

Wilhelm Anhalt (28 March 1917 – 13 May 1979) was a "Kapitänleutnant" with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

* German Cross in Gold (12 February 1942)
* "Minensuch Kriegsabzeichen" (12 November 1940)
* Iron Cross
** 2nd Class (20 November 1939)
** 1st Class (2 October 1940)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (6 October 1940)
* Cross of Merit on ribbon (30 October 1972)

References

* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.

External link

* [http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Kriegsmarine/A/Anhalt-Wilhelm.htm Wilhelm Anhalt @ Ritterkreuzträger.de]